ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 23, 24, 26. 



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Orchid Committee, May 23, 24, 25, 1911. 

 Temple Show. 



Mr. Harry J. Yp:itcii in the Oliair, and twenty-four members present. 



[For awards of cups and medals made by the Council after con- 

 sultation with the Judges, see p. Ixxxviii.] 



Awards Recommended: — 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odonto gloss urn x minun, Tlie Dell variety (Wilckeafium x 

 crispiiuL) (votes, unanimous), from Baron Bruno Schroder, The Dell, 

 ' Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). Flowers large and broad in 

 ' all the segments ; the prevailing colour deep chocolate purple with 

 white margin and tips. (Fig. 127.) 



TO' Laeliocattleya x Morningtoniae {L.-c. x Pallas x L.-c. 

 X Fascinator) (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., 

 Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). A beautiful flower with white 

 sepals and petals and rosy-mauve lip with dark lines from the base, 

 and a blush- white blotch in front. (Fig. 130.) 



To Odontioda x ' Coronation ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes, unani- 

 ; mous), from Monsieur Chas. Vuylsteke, Ghent. Flowers of the largest, 

 the segments orange scarlet on the inner halves, blush-white beyond, 

 with a rose margin. 



To Oncidium corynepJiorum var. Mulleri (votes, 19 for, 1 against), 

 from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. A fine form of the species which 

 obtained a F.C.C. October 24, 1905. Sepals and petals white, with 



(slight rose marking. Lip broadly ovate, purple. (Fig. 128.) 

 To Odontioda x Bradshawiae, Gatton Park variety (0. crisyum 

 X G. Noezliana) (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart., Y.M.H. Flowers large, wholly deep scarlet. (Fig. 129.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Oncidium Glaesii (votes, 17 for), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart, V.M.H. (gr. Mr. Collier). A singular species of the 0. super- 

 hiens class, with trailing inflorescence bearing brownish flowers with 

 purple lip. 



I To Coelogyne x hurfordiense (asperata x panduraia) (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. W. FL 

 ' White). Nearest to C. pandurata. Sepals and petals greenish white; 

 j lip with a spiny black crest with some yellow markings. 

 I To Gattleya Mossiae ' G. M. Hales ' (votes, 16 for, 8 against), 

 : from Sanmel Larkin, Esq., The Eidgways, Haslemere (gr. Mr. G. M. 

 ? Hales). Flowers dark, resembling G. Wariieri. 



I ' To Laeliocattleya X Germania {L.c. x Gappei x G. Mendelii) (votes, 

 I unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. A distinct and pretty hybrid. 

 [ chrome yellow, with carmine-red front to the lip. 

 j To Odontoglossum x amahile ' Empress of India ' {crispum x 

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