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V. teres. — A handsome, curious-growing, and distinct 

 Orchid. The stem as well as the foliage is terete or 

 cylindrical, and dark green. Its large red and yellow-tipped 

 flowers are produced from June to August, and last four or 

 five weeks in beauty. It is rather a shy-flowering species, 

 and is best kept rather dry during the winter, so as to pre- 

 dispose it to bloom. It thrives best on a block of wood, the 

 block being plunged into a pot. Native of Sylhet. 



V. teres Andersoni, — A very fine variety of this handsome 

 and distinct species. It has the same habit of gi'owth as the 

 preceding, but is far more free in blooming, producing flowers 

 when quite young. The spikes are ten inches in length, and 

 bear from five to six flowers, which are richer and deeper in 

 colour. Native of Sylhet. 



V. tHcolor. — A charming free-growing species from Java ; 

 it grows in the same way as V. suavis ; the sepals and 

 petals are pale yellow, spotted with crimson ; lip purple, 

 striped with white. It blooms at different times of the year, 

 and lasts long in perfection. There are two or three varieties 

 of this plant, some much inferior to others. It makes a 

 superb plant for exhibition pm'poses, as do all the varieties. 



V. tncolor Dodgsoni. — A superb variety, named in honour 

 of a most enthusiastic cultivator of these plants, with whom 

 it originated. The flowers are large, and borne in great 

 numbers upon the spikes ; sepals and petals light amber- 

 colour, streaked and blotched with reddish brown and 

 margined with violet ; lip large, rich purplish violet, with a 

 few white blotches near the base. It is very highly-scented. 

 Native of the Indian Islands. 



V. tricolor insignis. — This plant must now take its place as 

 a variety of F. tricolor, since we have the true V. insignis at 

 last in our gardens ; it will not, however, be any the less 

 welcome to Orchid growers though it be but a variety of 



