Tap. 5199. 
VANDA GIGANTEA. 
2 Gigantic Vanda. 
Nat. Ord. Orcurpp#2.—GyYNANDRIA Monoe@yNia. 
Gen. Char. Sepala explanata, omnia basi equalia et angustata ; seepius peta- 
_ Joidea.- Petala sepalis conformia, sepius basi torta. Labellum basi saccatum v. 
| _ calcaratum, cum basi columns apode continuum, carnosum, sepius sepalis multo 
brevius, subtrilobum aut integrum, ante calcar seepius callosum, auriculis nanis V. 
obsoletis. Columna crassa nana, libera, apoda; clinandrio verticali. Stigma 
transversum ; rostello obtuso vel retuso. Pollinia cereacea, plano-convexa, gemi- 
nata v. 2 alte bipartita; caudicula auriculata vy. cuneata; glandula magna, sub- 
rotunda vy. triangulari. Anthera ovata, bilocularis, valvis semiliberis.—Herbee 
epiphyte Asie tropice. Folia coriacea, disticha, apice obliqua. Flores sepius 
racemost, conspicui. Pedunculi Jaterales. Lindt. 
Vanpa (§ Fieldia) gigantea ; foliis late loratis apice obtusissimis emarginatis 
subzequalibus, racemis foliis duplo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongo- 
obovatis obtusis eequalibus, labello incurvo canaliculato dolabriformi obtuso, 
Bes callo conico in medio, auriculis nanis rotundatis. Lindl. 
-Vanpa gigantea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7326. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 215. 
a > Folia Orchidacea, part 4, Vanda, p. 2. 
ANDA Lindleyana. Griff. Notul. part 3. p. 353. 
We are indebted for a splendid specimen of the rare Orchida- 
ceous plant here figured to Messrs. Veitch and Sons, in whose 
Orchid House, King’s Road, Chelsea, it produced its noble pen- 
dent spike of golden-yellow blossoms, we believe for the first time 
in Europe, in April of the present year, 1860. Mr. Griffith ob- 
serves of it: “It is the only plant of its kind I have hitherto 
seen capable of rivalling the American Vandee.” Dr. Lindley 
remarks that “this is surely an exaggeration ;” probably judg- 
ing only from dried and shrivelled specimens or from imperfect 
drawings, for to our mind few even of the Malayan Orchidaceous 
plants, so famous for their size and beauty, can vie with this in 
richness of colour, “deep-yellow,” as Dr. Lindley says, “ with 
cinnamon-brown blotches.” Of the truth of this some notion. — 
may be formed from the portion here represented. The large, 
- copious, distichous, rich-green leaves set off these large golden 
flowers to great advantage. It would need an imperial folio 
JUNE IsT, 1860. 
