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Vanda—continued. 
Autumn. Malay Islands, 1883. A very chaste and distinct 
novelty. 
V. lamellata (plated) fl. pale yellow, streaked with dull, pale 
red, in long, loose, erect racemes; sepals and petals obovate, 
undulated, the lower ones larger and slightly incurved ; lip with 
two diverging, elevated lines, acute, obcuneate, retuse ; auricles 
small, rounded; spur short, cylindrical-conical, hairy within. 
August, l. coriaceous, obliquely and acutely bidentate. Philip- 
pines, 1837. 3 
V. 1. Boxallii (Boxall’s).* f., dorsal sepal creamy-white, the 
inner part of the lateral ones reddish-brown tinged with purple ; 
petals white; limb of the lip rich magenta-rose towards the 
front, the disk with six reddish-purple stripes running back to 
the mouth of the tube; racemes fourteen to twenty-flowered. 
November and December. /. much recurved. Stems erect. 1880. 
(G. C. n. s., xv., p. 87; Gn. xix. 287.) ; 
V. limbata (bordered). f. 2in. across; sepals and petals cin- 
namon-brown, blotched and tessellated with darker reddish- 
brown, evenly bordered with yellow, tinged with lilac outside ; 
lip rosy-lilac, margined with white, quadrate, slightly pan- 
durate, the disk tumid, with five to seven parallel furrows; 
racemes loose, erect, about twelve-flowered. June. I 8in. to 
10in. long, channelled, coriaceous, obliquely retuse at apex. 
Stems stout, with long, thick roots. Java, 1875. (B. M. 6173: 
.. W. S. O. ser. iii. 9.) 
V. Lindeni (Linden's). handsome raceme; 
. disposed in a 
se and petals light ee with red dots on the disk, cuneate- 
oblong, wavy; lip whitish-yellow, with nearly square side lobes 
and a triangular, two-edged middle lobe produced into a sharp 
angle under two tumours at the apex, sulcate beneath, with a 
linear, velvety, ascending auricle on each side at the base, and 
three furrows over the disk, the tumours and side-lobes purple- 
spotted, the disk marked with four purple lines, the tip under the 
tumours brownish ; spur conical, hairy inside. Sunda Isles, 1886. 
V. Parishii (Parish’s).* d large; sepals and petals greenish- 
yellow, dotted with reddish-brown, cuneate-oblong, acute; lip 
strongly and peculiarly scented, the front lobe pale magenta, 
narrowly margined with white, rhomboid, gibbous below the 
apex, with a median keel and a violet, conical callus at base; 
spur short, gibbous ; auricles white, orange-striped ; scape erect, 
several-flowered. Summer. I broadly ligulate, obtuse, un- 
equally bilobed, fleshy, bright green. Moulmein, 1870. A 
ha , dwarf speci (W. O. A. i. 15.) 
V. P. Marriottiana (Sir W. H. S. Marriott’s). fi. not scented ; 
sepals and petals bronzy-brown, suffused with magenta; lip 
having a rich magenta, rhomboid front lobe and white basal 
auricles; raceme about six-flowered. J. slightly emarginate. 
Stems closely leafy. 1880. (W. O. A. ii. 61.) 
Fic. 150. PoRTION OF INFLORESCENCE OF VANDA PARVIFLORA. 
V. parviflora (small-flowered). /i.,sepals and petals pale yellow, 
oval ; lip Ae tt the broadl oblong, rounded front lobe 
white, with purple crests on the fleshy disk, and dotted with 
; spur short, conical; racemes short, erect, many-flowered. 
l. lorate, obliquely and obtusely bilo at apex, 
Th an Fy ig cusp. es A pouan uee plant. 
. 150. SYNS. V. testacea, Aérides testaceum, A. Wightianum 
(B. Mis 
v. 
F. d. S. 1452.) 
Roxburghii (Roxburgh's)* /., sepals and s een, 
with chequered lines of Ae anh een M pee 
surface 
; spur pinkish, short; racemes six to twelve-flowered, on 
erect peduncles. Summer. ligulate, recurved, channelled, 
Vanda—continued. 
coriaceous, obliquely three-toothed at apex. 
dwarfish, stout. Bengal, 1850. (B. B 
Feb. 1846, 641, i. 2; L. & P. F. G. ii. 
species there are several varieties, one having a dark blue lip, 
and another, V. tessellata (P. M. B. vii. 265; I. H. n. s. 579, 
V. R. rubra) a pink lip. 
V. Sanderiana (Sander’s).* f. flat, about 4in. across; dorsal 
sepal and the smaller petals pink, slightly stained with buff- 
uev. the lateral sepals 2in. across, pale nankeen outside, 
within greenish-yellow, reticulated with dull crimson ; lip small, 
concave, pale purplish-red at base, the tip chocolate-purple, 
Stems erect, 
; 4d 8 
strongly recurved, three prominent keels extending from base . 
to apex; racemes axillary, many-flowered. September and 
October. J. broadly ligulate, coriaceous, recurved, Yin. to 12in. 
long, deeply channelled. Philippine Islands, 1881. (G. C. n. s., 
xx., pp. 440-1; I. H. ser. iii, 532; W. O. A. iii. 124.) 
V. S. labello-viride (green-lipped). 
a green lip. Mindanad, 1886. 
V. Stangeana (Stange's) Jl. four or five in a raceme ` sepals and 
petals internally at first greenish, afterwards ochre, tessellated 
with dark purple-brown ; auricles of the lip blunt, white with 
yellow and some mauve-blue spots, the middle lobe white with 
mauve-blue or wholly mauve-blue, cordate-triangular. Assam, 
. (R. X. O. ii. 102.) 
V. suavis (sweet)* JL large and handsome, freely produced, 
fragrant; sepals and petals pure white outside, spotted and 
` barred with revu sant ng within, the dorsal sepal and two petals 
sub-lobate; lip convex, three-lobed, the front lobe pale rosy- 
purple, narrow, deeply bifid, the lateral ones E ER 
. ovate, flat; racemes bold, elongated, on ry peduncles. 
l. lorate, d, ark green, obliquely toothed at 
m Java, 1847. A noble plant for exhibition purposes. 
(B. M. 5174; F. d. S. 641, f. 5, (Hrubyana) 1604-5; G. C. n. s. 
xxii, p. 257, Wingate's var. ; L. & P. F. G. ii. 42, f. 3; R. X. O. 
i. 12; W. O. A. iv. 180.) Y 
V. s. flava qon f. yellow, with broad, oblong, rich brown 
spots. (B. M. 4432, under name of V. tricolor.) 
V. s. Gottschalckei (Gottschalcke's) fl. deliciously scented, 
larger and stouter than in the type; sepals and petals more 
densely sporen lip bright rosy-purple, tipped with white; 
pedicels soniy tinged with rose. l. (and stem) stouter than 
in the type. 1869. 
V. s. Lindeni (Linden’s). d 
white, spotted with purple, the rest of the lip purple. 1886. 
V. teres (terete).* fl. large ; sepals oblong, the dorsal one white, 
slightly tinged with rose, the lateral ones creamy-white, twisted, 
parallel with the lip; petals rose-magenta, lighter towards 
the margins, larger, sub-orbicular, undulated ; lip bright rose- 
magenta, cucullate, large, strongly veined, the throat orange, 
striped and spotted with crimson, the apex dilated an 
emarginate; spur conical; racemes leaf-opposed, mostly two- 
flowered. June to August. J. (and stems) terete, dark green. 
Burmah, &c., 1828. A handsome, straggling or climbing species» 
several feet long. (B. M. 4114; B. R. 1809; P. M. B. v. 193; 
E. H. 1056, 22.) 
V. t. Andersoni (Anderson's) f. richer and deeper in colour, 
freely produced ; racemes ioi long, five or ARE 
(W. S. O. ser. iii. 2. 
V. t. aurorea (rosy). JL, se white; petals white, slightl 
rose-tinted ; throat light cred with rosy lobes, which ae 
furnished with two rows of small, purple dots; column light 
rose-purple. 1884. f 
V. t. candida (white). fl. white. A distinct and beautiful form. 
i HMM. (terete-leaved). A synonym of Sarcanthus tereti- 
jus. 
V. tessellata (tessellated). A form of V. Roxburghii. 
V. testacea (tile-coloured). A synonym of V. parviflora. - 
V. tricolor (three-coloured).* /. white outside, handsome, 
grant; sepals and petals pale yellow spotted with brownish-red 
ginate, the disk marked with five white lines, the basal lobes 
white, erect, rounded; spur white, short, com ; column 
white, short, thick ; racemes s dense, on axillary 1 
l. lorate, channelled, recurved, obliquely bilobed and somewhat 
erose at apex. Stems erect, tall. Java, 1846. (F. d.S.641; L. J. F. 
136; L. & P. F. G. ii. 42; W. O. A. ii. 77.) The followi i 
wing varieties 
uperb are enumerated by B. S. Williams, in the sixth 
edition of the “Orchid Grower's Manual”: DALKEITH, a ver 
highly-coloured form ` DOWNSIDE, flowers large, and very 
in colour and markings. 
V. t. Corningii (Corning's ., sepals and petals rich 
spotted and streaked peg Sch crimson, margined on 
surfaces with rosy-purple; lip dark plum-colour, softened off 
to pale rose towards the base. l. very broad, dark green, stout. 
V. t. Dodgsoni (Dodgson’s). fl. very highly scented, borne in 
t numbers = the RE > and petals light amber, 
streaked and blotched with re brown, and mai 
violet ; lip rich violet-purple, with a few Vite blotches near the 
"s 
. 2245 ; B. R. 506; F. d. S. 
42, f. 2; W. O. A. 59.) Of this- 
A distinct variety, having : 
sepals, petals, and base of lip - 
yellow, | 
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