a 
Tas. 5174. 
VANDA svavIis. 
Fragrant Vanda. 
Nat. Ord. Orncu1pE#.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala explanata, omnia basi equalia et angustata, seepius peta- 
loidea. Petala sepalis conformia, seepius basi torta. Ladellum basi saccatum 
vel calearatum, e basi column apode continuum carnosum, sepius sepalis multo 
brevius, subtrilobum aut integrum, ante calcar sepius callosum, auriculis nanis 
v. obsoletis. Columna crassa, nana, libera, apoda; elinandrio verticali. Stigma 
transversum ; vostello obtuso v. retuso. Pollinia cereacea, plano-convexa, ge- 
minata, v. 2 alte bipartita; caudicula lorata aut cuneata, pollinis Jongiore ; glan- 
dula magna, subrotunda vel triangulari. Anthera ovata, bilocularis, valvulis: 
semiliberis.—Herbe epiphyte Asie tropice. Folia coriacea, disticha, apice ob- 
liqua. Flores sepius racemosi, conspicui. Pedunculi laterales. Lindl. 
Vanpa suavis; foliis loratis flaccide recurvis apice oblique dentatis, racemis 
laxis elongatis, sepalis petilisque spathulatis retrorsis convexis valde undu- 
latis sublobatis apice rotundatis, labello convexo trilobo lacinia media an- 
gusta alte bifida 3-costata lateralibus longis ovatis acutis patulis, auriculis 
erectis rotundatis. Lindl. 
Vanna suavis. Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1848, p. 351. Paxton’s Flower Garden, 
t. 42. f.3. Reichenb. Xenia Orchid. v. 1. p. 26. t.12. Lindl. Folia Orchid. 
part 4. p. 5 (excl. var. B flava, according to Reichenbach). 
An extremely lovely Orchideous plant, the flowers richly 
blotched and spotted with blood-purple on a pure white ground, 
so clear and distinct that they look as if they were made of 
porcelain. Dr. Lindley refers to it my Vanda tricolor (Bot. Mag. 
Tab. 4434) which [ had taken to be the V. fricolor of Lind- 
ley, but which that author makes var. fava of his more beau- 
tiful Y. suavis. Dr. Reichenbach, on the other hand, maintains 
that it is the true ¢ricolor. The differences in fact are more in 
colour than in structure ; so that the description at our Tab. 4434 
may answer for the present species. Here the ground colour 
of the flower is pure china-white, the exterior spotless: the inner 
face of the sepals and petals is streaked and spotted with purple. 
The lip is deep purple in the lower half, with three white lines 
or streaks on the disk; the rest of the lip is paler purple, the 
whole destitute of spots. The species inhabits Java, but is yet, 
we believe, rare, and much prized, as it deserves to be, in collec- 
tions. 
Fig. 1. Column and lip, magnified. 
APRIL Ist, 1860, 
