ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 17. 



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Orchid Committee, December 17, 1912. 

 Mr. J. GuRNEY Fowler in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Lindley Medal. 



To Mr. Arthur Dye (gr. to the Eight Hon. Lord Rothschild), 

 for a fine example of the original Phalaenopsis intermedia Portei, 

 which has been growing at Tring more than thirty years. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Gypriyedium x ' Demeter ' (C. x ' G. F. Moore ' x C. x 

 ' Earl of Tankerville ') (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Lieut. -Colonel 

 Sir Geo. L. Holford, K.C.V.O. A fine flower. The dorsal sepal is 

 white, the lower half emerald-green, blotched with reddish-purple; 

 petals and lip yellow, tinged with purple. (Fig. 216.) 



To Sophrolaeliocattleya x ' Miss Edith d'Abrew ' var. ' Thisbe ' 

 (C X * Iris ' X S.-l. X heatonensis) (votes, unanimous), from F. M. 

 Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth). Flower 

 deep blood-red, the lip having a crimson tint. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x ' Sir "William Chance ' {Thompsonii x 

 Memoria J eminghamiae) (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, 

 Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Flower of firm texture, 

 and glossy surface; dorsal sepal white, with a central violet band; 

 petals and lip honey-yellow, the petals with a medium claret-coloured 

 line. 



To Sophrocattleya x westfieldensis (G. lahiata x S.-c. x 

 eximia (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq. Flowers 

 bright-rose colour, with mauve-crimson lip. 



To Odontoglossum x 'Jasper,' Fowler's variety {crispum 

 ' Victoria Eegina ' x amahile) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. J. Davis). Flowers large, rose-colour, with 

 claret-red markings. 



To Odontoglossum x scintillans, Orchid Dene variety {Rossii 

 ruhescens x WilcTceanum) (votes, 9 for, 4 against), from E. H. David- 

 son, Esq. Sepals blotched claret-red; petals white, with lilac margin 

 and red spotting; lip rosy-lilac, with a white disc and red blotch. 



To Odontoglossum x eximium * J. Lakin ' (ardentissimum x 

 crispum, blotched variety) (votes, unanimous), from E. H. Davidson, 

 Esq. Flowers white, tinged with purple at the back, and closely 

 spotted with reddish-violet colour. 



To Gattleya x ' Tityus ' (* Enid ' x ' Octave Doin ') (votes, 

 unanimous), from H. S. Goodson, Esq. (gr. Mr. G. E. Day). A 

 finely shaped rose-coloured flower, with yellow disc to the lip. 



To Gypripedium x ' Idina ' {Dicksonianum x insigne ' Harefield 



