866 DRCHIDES 



VAXDA 



ueato apice rotimdalo bilineato ecalloso, laienilibus alibievialis lolimdali.s 

 hinc aciitis explanaiis, auriculis nanis. 

 Wild in the foresis of Gew-Guinen— Hinds. 



Tliis lias the Imbit of Vanda suavi.s. and ils flowers seein lo he of ttie saine tex- 

 ture and size. Tlipii- colour eannol he judged of from tlie single diied spfcinien, 

 Tlie sliort blunt spur is downy insidc; lliere is no callus al ihe base of the lip ; l\w 

 poilen and anthor ore iliosc of V. Roxburghii. but the gland is niuch larger and 

 rounder. 



6. VAND.V TIUCOLOR Hchb. 111. in Otto Hamb. Glz. 18G0. p. 281. 



a. suavis Rchb. fil. 1. c. Huc; Vanda suavis L. F. sub 9: 



V. foliis loralis flaccide recurvis apice oblique dentatis, racemis 

 laxis elongalis, 5opa'is pelalisque spathulalis relrorsis convexis valde 

 undulalis sublobaiis apicc rolundatis, labello convexo tiilobo lacinia 

 media angusta allc iatida 3-coslata lateralibus longis ovatis acutis patu- 

 lis, auriculis ereclis rotundatis. 



(A). Flowers whiie , with blood-red scaltered spots. Paxton's Flower Garden 

 l. 42. fig. 3. 



(D) llava. Fiowcrs yellow, wiih broad oblong lich brov.n .'^pois. 



V. Iricolor Hooker Rot. .Mag. l. 4432. 

 Wild in Java. 



This has the foliage of V. Roxburghii. Fiower.^ large, deliciously fiagrant , whiio 

 or yellow, wilh rich marbling aiid spolting. Lip deep violet. The lobed sepnls and 

 petals are remarkablc; they are boih bent back at an angle of aboui 120°. and tbo 

 petals are twisted round so as lo present ihe principal part of iheir baok to ihe eye. 

 It is very rare in gardens, ibe plants thus called being almost nlways varieties of V. 

 iricolor. The flgure in the Roiar.ical Magnzine is cbaraclerislic , bul I have never 

 secn the flowers so yellow or ihe brown spots so large as ihey rire ihere lepresented. 

 Pescat. 8. Rchb. fil. Xcn. tab. 12. Rchb. fil. nonj.l. III. 219.' Die ache Pflanze mit 

 milchweisscm Bluthengrunde bliiiito neulich sehr rcirh bei Flerrn Coiisul Sciiiller, 

 eine andcre Foria mit gelbv.eissen Gruiultonen der Rliihle siehl jetzt bci Ilcrrn Se- 

 nator Jonisch in vollcr Eiitwicklung. Wir mochten nunmehr bald fragen, ob diesc 

 lelziere nicht eine iMiltelform zwischen Vanda iricolor und suavis seiii konnle. 



b. Iricolov Rclib. fil. I. c. Huc : l'«)ida Iricdur Lindl. H. Rec- 1847. sub t. 5'J. 

 Pa.\t. Fl. G. t. 42 et I. c. sub 10: 



V. luliis canaliculatis racemo paucifioro ionoioribus, sepalis petalis- 

 que aequahbus coriaceis un.iiuiculalis obovalis obtu.^is, labello aequi- 

 longo Inlobo per axin 3-IJneato basi vix calloso, laciniis ialeralibus jo- 

 tandatis inlermcdio convexo cunealo emarginalo latioribus, auricubs 

 ereclis rotundalis, calcaro brevi obluso. 



V. siiaveolcns Rlume Rumpbia IV. p. 49. (1*^48). 



(A) Sopals and pnials cinnamon, blotched with brown; lip rose-colour. 



(B) fUiva. Fiowers wliolly yellow, except a faiiit violet stain in ihe middle of 

 ibt! lip. 



Wild Jn Java ; on irees, cspecially Sagucrus snccliarifer, iii woods on ihe moun- 

 lains on the west side of ihe island— Dlunio. 



This flne plant always has ihe sepals whito at ihc back , whaieyor may be tlie co- 

 lour of tbe inside. Some other varieiies occur in collection*:, of wliiih tlie three fol- 

 lowing arc the mo.st noiablc : — 1. V. t. pallcns. Flowcrs crcam-colourcd, vviih scat- 

 lered brown spois. 2. )'. t. cinnnmomea. Flowers yellowcr , wiili liiies of close cin- 

 namon-coloiired spot«;. 3. V. t, planilabris. Willi a clcar liiioii grouiid-colour, scat- 

 tcred broad brown spois, and a flat purple lip. This looks vcry distinct from ihe 

 others. 



Pescst. t. 44. Lem. .Tord. Fl. II. i. 136. Dlnme in Ann. dHori. Fl. Jard. pays bas II. 1, 



