ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
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Messrs. Sander : Laeliocattleya X ' Sir Douglas Haig ' (C. X 
' Octave Doin ' X L.-c. X ' Henry Greenwood '). 
Messrs. Flory & Black : Sophrolaeliocattleya X ' Myra ' {L.-c. X 
' Myra ' X S.-l.-c. X ' Althea '). 
Orchid Committee, February 27, 1917. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., in the Chair, and ten members present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrid Orchids. 
• Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Eulophiella X Rolfei (Elisabethae X Peeler si ana) (votes unani- 
mous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. A remarkable hybrid, having 
the white E. Elisabethae as the seed-bearei, but with the habit and 
colour of E. Pcetersiana. Inflorescence 3 feet, stout, dark in colour, 
as in E. Elisabethae. Flowers 3 inches across, of thick substance, all 
the segments broad. Sepals and petals deep rosy-mauve. Lip white, 
with mauve apex. From the fertilization of the flower to the germina- 
tion of the seeds only three months elapsed. 
Award of Merit. 
To Miltonia X 'Venus' (vexillaria X Phalaenopsis) (votes unani- 
mous), from Messrs. Charlnsworth. M. vexillaria was the seed- 
bearer, and in the habit of the plant and arrangement of the parts of 
the flower it predominates. The lip, however, much resembles that 
of M. Phalaenopsis. Sepals and petals tinged with rose. Lip white, 
yellow at the base, the middle bearing ruby-red and purple markings. 
To Cymbidium insigne album (votes unanimous), from Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells. The first albino of the well- 
known type which bears vinous purple markings on the sepals, petals, 
and lip. In the variety shown no colour was visible. 
To Odontioda X ' Joan/ Broadlands variety (0 da. X Charles- 
worthii X Odm. X ardentissimum) (votes unanimous), from E. R. 
Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells, Flowers 
deep chocolate -red, with ruby-red spotting on the lip. 
Preliminary Commendation. 
To Odontioda X Madeline ' var. ' Opal ' (Oda. X ChaHeswcrthii 
X Odm. cri spurn), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. The flower 
was ruby-claret, with a slight gold tint and of good form. 
