VANDA. 501 
proceed. Twelve or even more flowers are borne on the 
raceme. The upper sepal and the smaller petals are broadly 
oval, and of a pale rosy lilac, tinged with yellow and 
dotted with crimson at the base. The lower sepals are 
larger, measuring 2in. in diameter, yellow outside, fawn- 
tinted inside, where they are covered (except at the 
edges) with a network of brownish crimson. The lip is 
small, concave behind, the anterior portion being flatter, 
but curled up at the sides; it is coloured dull crimson, 
and is greenish yellow towards the base. Altogether 
the colouration of the flower is most remarkable, as 
well as beautiful. In outline there is a considerable 
resemblance to Miltonia vexillaria, the large lip of the 
latter being represented by the two large sepals of the 
Vanda. This species was discovered in 1881, on the 
Island of Mindanao, one of the Philippine group. It 
flowers in September. From April to October—the 
growing season—the plants should be given the warmest 
and moistest position available. Syn. Esmeralda San- 
deriana. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6983. 
V. suavis.—One of the oldest and best-known of the 
genus. It is of tall, erect habit, handsome when well 
clothed with foliage and in perfect health; it blooms 
profusely, and the sweetly-scented flowers remain long 
in perfection: it is a plant that ought certainly to be 
in every amateur’s collection. The stems are aft. 
to 5ft. high, with two rows of deep green, strap- 
shaped, decurved leaves toin. to 12in. long. The 
axillary racemes bear about a dozen _ flowers, each 
measuring 2in. to gin. across. Both the sepals and 
petals are spathulate, wavy, white on the outside, thickly 
streaked and spotted with crimson-purple inside. The 
