ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
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To Odontoglossum X ' Rex ' (crispum X hybrid unrecorded) (votes 
unanimous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. Flower large and 
of fine shape, white, blotched in the inner parts with purple. 
Other Exhibits. 
Messrs. Sander, St. Albans : species and hybrids. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown : Miltonia X Hyeana sandhurstiensis 
and other hybrid Miltonias. 
Orchid Committee, May 8, 1917. 
Sir Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
Awards Recommended 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for hybrid 
Odontoglossums &c. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hay wards Heath, for Odontoglossums 
and Laeliocattleyas. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for hybrids and rare species. 
To Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, for Dendrobiums. 
Award of Merit. 
To Dendrobium X illustre var. ' Florence Bartels ' (Dalhousieanum 
X chrysotoxum) (votes unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bt., 
Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Collier). Habit of D. Dalhousieanum. Flowers 
cowslip yellow, with a veined blotch of claret colour on each side of the 
lip. The original, shown by Messrs. Jas. Veitch, obtained a F.C.C. 
June 2s, 1895. 
To Selenipedium caudatum Sander ae (votes 6 for, 3 against), from 
Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Near to 5. caudatum Wallisii, and said 
to be identical with the type Cypripedhim {Selenipedium) caudatum, 
not now in gardens. Flowers green, with white showing between the 
veining of the long sepals and petals. 
To Odontioda X ' Cardinal ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes unani- 
mous), from Baron Schroder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. 
Shill). Flowers rose-tinted, with deep red blotches on the segments. 
Front of lip white. 
Preliminary Commendation. 
To Odontoglossum crisp urn var. * President Wilson ' (votes unani- 
mous), from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. A large white flower, heavily 
blotched with claret-red. 
Other Exhibits. 
Sir Jeremiah Cclmm, Bt. : DendroUum X illustre Bartelsianum 
and Odontoglossum X Thompsonianum pallidum. 
Leonard Dixon, Esq., St. Albans : Odontioda X Charlesworihii var. 
Messrs. Stuart Low : hybrids. 
