THE PHALAENOPSIS HOUSE 69 



was one of the twelve ' new plants ' which won the First 

 Prize at the International Exhibition 1892. 



Of the Rothschildianum type : — Saumon, salmon-colour ; 

 niveum, very large, whitish, with orange -red markings ; 

 aurantiacum, coloured like the yolk of egg ; The Queen, 

 evenly marked in red, orange, and white. 



Overhead hang small plants of Phalaenopsis and Den- 

 drobium ; on a shelf above the Anthuriums, against the 

 glass, two large specimens of the noble Cyp. bellatulum 

 album — which with a despairing effort I have tried to 

 sketch elsewhere — and no less than 380 plants of Cyp. 

 Godefroyae, and its variety, Cyp. leucochilum, both white, 

 heavily spotted with brownish purple. 



The Vanda House 



lies beyond. Only the tall species are here, for such gems as V. 

 Kimballiana and Amesiana would be lost among these giants. 

 But there is little to say about our Vandas beyond a general 

 commendation of their fine stature and glossy leaves. It is 

 not a genus which we study, and the plants belong to 

 ordinary species — the best of their class, however. For the 

 benefit of experts I may mention, among specimens of 

 Vanda suavis, the Dalkeith variety, Rollison's, Veitch's, 

 Wingate, and Manchester ; among Vanda tricolor, plani- 

 labris— grandest of all — Dalkeith, aurea, Pattison's, insignis, 

 Rohaniana. 



But Miss Joaquim must be mentioned (V, teres x V, 

 Hookeriana), sepals and petals of a pretty rose colour, lip 

 orange ; a flower charming in itself, but still more notable 

 as the product of a young lady's enthusiasm. Miss Agnes 

 Joaquim is the daughter of a Consul at Singapore, residing 

 at Mount Narcis in the vicinity. 



