498 ORCHIDS 
freely only when large, and like it also remains long in 
bloom. It was originally found on the banks of the 
Tenasserim River. Syns. V. Lindleyana, Fieldia gigantea. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5189. 
V. Hookeriana.—This is one of the most remarkable 
Vandas in cultivation. It has terete stems and leaves, as 
in the better-known V. teres, from which, however, it may 
be easily distinguished by its paler green, pointed, and 
slenderer leaves, and its altogether less robust appearance. 
Under cultivation the racemes usually produce two flowers, 
but specimens have been collected in a wild state bearing 
as many as five; each flower is 2}in. in diameter. The 
sepals are oblong, white, tinged with rose. The petals are 
broadly spathulate, wavy, larger than the sepals, white, 
spotted with magenta. The lip is 1}in. broad, white, the 
side lobes lined transversely, and the middle one longi- 
‘tudinally, with magenta-purple; spots of the same colour 
occur round the edges; at the base there are two tri- 
angular, deep purple appendages, one on each side of the 
column. 
Williams’ Orchid Album, t. 73. 
After several unsuccessful attempts to introduce this 
species alive, the task was finally accomplished by Messrs. 
Low and Co. in 1873, but these plants did not flower until 
1882. It may be successfully grown under treatment 
similar to that recommended for V. teres. 
V. insignis.—A distinct and handsome species, which at 
present is rather uncommon. The erect stem bears stiff, 
strap-shaped, recurving, deeply-keeled leaves, about 1oin. 
long. The axillary racemes bear six to ten flowers, each 
23in. in diameter; the fleshy sepals and petals are obovate, 
and on the inside are of a tawny yellow, blotched with a 
deep reddish brown; on the outside they are almost white. 
