34 THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS 



Sanderiana. — Pale. The lip, of excellent colour, spreads 

 so suddenly as to form a perfect circle. 



Herhertiana. — Mauve. A very compact flower. The 

 bright yellow of the throat extends downwards and to either 

 side of the lip in a very remarkable manner. The dusky 

 margin surrounds a purple-crimson stain, scored with lines ot 

 deeper hue. 



JVoodlandsensis. — Here the same oddity — due to natural 

 hybridisation doubtless — is carried much further. The 

 whole disc of the lip is bufi\, with only the merest touch of 

 purple on either side the central line, and another, scarcely 

 perceptible, at the tip. 



Along the roof hang small plants of Cattleya gigas and 

 others. 



FIFTH DIVISION 



The fifth division is a resting-place, where one may sit 

 beneath a grand specimen of Kentia Forsteri, surrounded 

 by palms as in a nook of the jungle, to compare notes and 

 talk of orchids. After such refreshment we enter the last 

 compartment. 



Cattleya Trianae 



To left here are more Mendeliis, to right more Bow- 

 ringianas, labiatas, and Trianaes mixed ; rows of labiata 

 overhead. Specimen Trianaes occupy the centre — some two 

 hundred. 



This again is a species so old and so familiar that I need 

 not describe it. But there is none more variable, and we 

 have some of the most striking diversities here. 



Macfarlanei. — An immense flower, white, with the 

 faintest possible flush. The great lip, vivid orange beneath 

 the tube, changes to white above the disc. To this succeeds 



