ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 7. 



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First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x luminosa aurea (L. tenebrosa. ' Walton 

 Grange ' x C. Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut. - 

 Colonel Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O. (gr. to Mr. H. G. Alexander). 

 A large and distinct flower. Sepals and petals greenish primrose, lip 

 deep claret-red. (Fig. 161.) 



To Laeliocattleya x ' St. Gothard,' McBean's variety (L.-c. x 

 Gottoiana x C. x Hardyana) (votes, 16 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 McBean, Cooksbridge. A large flower of fine shape, bright rose with 

 a dark ruby-crimson lip having a yellow disc. (Fig. 160.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Vanda Kimhalliana alba (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Mansell & Hatcher, Eawdon. Flowers white wuth a pale yellow base 

 to the lip. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut. -Colonel Sir George L. Holford: Cypripedium x ' Oberon ' 

 (' Euryades ' x Fairrieanum). 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H. : Octomeria crassi- 

 folia. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq. : Laeliocattleyas. 

 Edward Eoberts, Esq.: Cypripedium x 'Gipsy.' 

 Monsieur le Comte de Hemptinne: Cattleya x Steppestediana 

 (Luddemanniana x aurea) — Kienastiana. 

 Mr. E. V. Low. : Brassocattleyas. 

 Frank Lloyd, Esq. : Sophrolaelia x 

 W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq. : Cypripediums. 



Orchid Committee, November 7, 1911. 



Mr. J. GuRNEY FowLETi in the Chair, and twenty- four members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Lindley Medal. 



To G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page), for a 

 group of Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schroderianum, most of which had 

 been in his collection for eighteen years. . 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To E. E. Ashton, Esq., Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. A. Young), for 

 showy Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas. 



To Messrs. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums, &c. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group. 



To Messrs. Charles worth. Hay wards Heath, for hybrids and Vanda 

 coerulea. 



