VANDA. 505 
flowers, although in vigorous specimens as many as eighteen 
have been obtained. Each flower is 2in. to 3in. in depth. 
The sepals and petals are obovate, narrowed towards the 
base, wavy, yellow (of various shades), spotted and blotched 
with brownish crimson. The lip is about rin. long, notched 
at the apex, and of a bright magenta-purple, with white, 
parallel lines at the base; the small, erect side lobes are 
white. A native of Java, introduced, along with V. suavis, 
in 1847. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4432. 
Of the named varieties now in cultivation the following 
are the most distinct :— 
Var. insignis.—Sepals and petals pale yellow, with 
crimson markings; lip lilac. 
Var. Patersoni.—Sepals and petals bright yellow, blotched 
with rich, brownish crimson; lip magenta-crimson. 
Fig. 113 (for which we are indebted to the Editor of the 
“ Gardeners’ Chronicle”’). 
Var. planilabris——A very large-flowered variety. Sepals 
and petals unusually broad, the yellow ground-colour being 
streaked with rich brown; lip rose-coloured, with brownish- 
purple lines at the base. 
Var. Russelliana.—A well-marked variety, distinguished 
by its pendulous racemes. 
Vars. Dodgsont, Leopoldi, suaveolens, and Warnert, are 
also handsome plants. 
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