it 
The figures at the bottom of this plate will serve to show how different F. tricolor is from Vanda 
suavis, fig. 3^ and Vanda Bojcburgfdi^ fig, 2 ; of the latter the lip alone is given. 
We avail ourselves of the present opportunity of giving a complete classified list of all the Yandas 
at present known. 
AN ENUMERATION OF THE SPECIES OF VANDA, 
Sect. A, — Lip more or less lobed, divided, or expanded. 
1. Vanda teres Lindh in WalL Cat, no. 7324., Bat, Reg. 
t. 1809. ; alias Dendrobium teres Wallich, 
V. foliis teretibus, racemis ascendentibus sub-bifloris foliis 
aequalibus, sepalia oblongis obtusis : supremo erecto 
lateralibus semitortis labello suppositis, petalis majoribus 
suborbieulatis undulatis^ labello basi conico : laciniis 
lateralibus ascendentibus subtruncatis intermedin pube- 
ficente apiee dilatata truncata emarginata. 
Native of hot damp jungles in Sylhet, Burmahy Martaban, 
scrambllug up the bark of trees. 
Flowers very large ; sepals white ; petals sanguine, with a 
white border. Lip sanguine, strongly veined, yellow 
on the upper surface below the point, and speckled with 
crimson. A most beautiful species, 
2. Vanda coerulea Griffith MSS, Plate 36 of this volume. 
3. Vanda Roxburghii R Brown in Bot. Reg.^ t. 506. ; Vanda 
Sir W. Jones ; Cymbidium tesselloides Roxb. 
V. caule brevi crasso, foliis apice oblique tridentatis, racemis 
erectis foliis longioribus, sepalis petalisque oblont^o- 
obovatis nndulatis tessellatis obtusis, labelli lobo medio 
ovato emarginato obtusissimo canaliculato lateralibus 
acuminatis columnee subsequalibus. 
var. a. sepalis petalisque sordide luteis maculis obscure 
fuscis, labello coerulescente apice utrinque denticnlato. 
Bot. Reg, t, 506. Pig, 2 in the annexed plate, 
var. p. sepalis petalisque cupreis maculis oblongis luteis, 
labello \vete pnrpureo. — Bot. Mag. 2245. 
Found on trees in many parts of the East Indies. 
Flowers large, tessellated or whole-coloured, with a bri^^ht 
blue or purple lip, A beautiful species. 
Vanda furva Zindl. Gen. tt Sp. Orch, p. 215 ; Blume 
Rumphia, iv. 192, fig. 1, \i)7 c; alias Angrsecuni 
furvum Rumph.; alias Epidendnim farvum Llmi. ; 
alias Cymbidium furvum Willd. ; alias ? Vanda fusco' 
viridis Lindl in Gard, Chron. 1848, p. 351. 
4. 
V. foliis canaliculatis rigidis apice oblique retusis ; racemis 
erectis folio brevioribus laxis 3-5-floris, sepalis petalisque 
oblongo-obovatis curvatis, labelli lobis lateralibus ascen- 
dentibus obtusis intermedio patulo pauduriformi apice 
rotundato emarginato piano lineis 5 elevatis, calcare 
obconico obtuso. — Blume quibusdam mutatis- 
A native of the Moluccas. 
According to Blume this has copper -coloured flowers with a 
pink lip. In V.fusco-viridis, which seems to be the same, 
they are described as dull brown, with a little greenish 
yellow at the edge, and a pure greenish yellow lip. 
5. Vanda concolor Blume Rumphia, iv. p. 49 ; alias V. 
Reg 
V. 
tridentatis, racemis 
s membranaceis 
lateralibus 
oblique 
plurifloris, floribus 
distantibus sepalis, petalisque oblongo-obovatis nndulatis 
unicoloribus obtusis, labelli ti-ilobi lobis lateralibus 
obtusis intermedio cuneato bilobo, 
A native of China, 
According to Blume this is not the Angrcscvm furvum 
of Rumphius, but a distinct species. It has the 
habit of r, Roxburghii but differs not only in the 
whole colour of its sepals and petals, and the other 
characters above indicated, but also in beinjr a lar'^e 
lax-growing plant, five or six feet high, with much 
thinner and longer leaves. 
6. Vanda limbata Bhtme Rumphia, iv. p. 49. 
V, « labelli lobo medio arrecto panduriformiraargine infern^ 
revoluto apice rotundato-spathulato integerrimo." 
Found in Java. (Not in cultivation,) 
According to Blume the roots of this are very long. The 
flowers are ochre-coloured outside, brown and clouded 
on the inside; the lip lilac. 
7. Vanda tricolor o/^^?5j}Za^c. 
8. Vanda suavis Zindl in Gard. Chron,, 1B48, p. 351. 
Fig, 3 of the annexed plate . 
V. racemis laxis brevibus, sepalis petalisque spathulatis 
retrorsis convexis valde undulatis sublubatis apice 
rotundatis, labello convexo trilobo lacinia media alte 
bifida 3-costata lateralibus ovatis acutis patulis. 
Reported to be a native of Java. 
This has the foliage of F. Roxburghii. Flowers large, 
delieiously fragrant, white, with reddish-brown mar- 
bling and spotting. Lip deep violet. The lobed sepals 
aud petals are remarkable ; they are botli bent back 
at an angle of about 120°, and the petals are twisted 
round so as to present the principal part of their back 
to the eye. 
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