petals being speckled with pink. The lip is three-lobed, the side lobes erect and 
cuneiform, violet dotted with crimson. The middle lobe is ovate, deep crimson, 
the point being separated into two fine tendrils. Crest of the disk deep yellow 
dotted with crimson. Flowers in Spring, Summer and Autumn. Lasts for weeks. 
PHALAENOPSIS LEUCORRHODA. Native of Philippine Islands. 
A handsome species apparently a natural hybrid between P. Schilleriana and P. 
amabilis. The fleshy roots are flat, and the oblong leaves are green with mottlings 
like those of P. Schilleriana. Flowers about 3 inches wide, sepals and petals white, 
the lateral sepals having a few purple dots at the base, while the petals are tinged 
with rose-pink at the base. The lip is white, the lateral lobes large and round and 
striped with purple on the lower parts. Crest yellowish. Callus, fleshy, orange 
spotted with purple. Blooms in Autumn and Winter and lasts for two months. 
PHALAENOPSIS LOWII. Native of Burma, Borneo, etc. 
A small flowered but very beautiful species. The pointed leaves are tufted, about 
4 inches in length and 14 inches wide, deep green tinged with purple. The flower 
spike is slender, purplish, and, in particularly healthy plants, carries up to 20 
blooms, but usually the number is from five to nine. These are up to 14 inches 
across, and have oblong sepals and broader roundish petals, both white with a 
violet flush. Lip trilobed, middle lobe rich purple, side lobes violet. Flowers in 
Summer and lasts six weeks. 
PHALAENOPSIS LUEDDEMANNIANA. Native of Philippine Islands. 
A rather strong growing plant with very thick, oblong leaves from 6 to 8 inches 
in length and a bright, shining green in colour. Flower spike up to a foot in 
length, erect and bearing a few flowers averaging 24 inches wide. The oblong 
pointed sepals and petals, white with cross lines of violet-purple at the base and 
brown at the tops. Middle lobe of lip is oblong, and deep violet in colour, the 
side lobes being a paler shade of the same colour. Flowers in Spring and Summer, 
the blooms lasting over eight weeks in beauty. 
PHALAENOPSIS SANDERIANA. A variety of P. Aphrodite. Native of Philip- 
pine Islands. 
A very handscme species which closely rivals P. Schilleriana for pride of place 
as the loveliest of the genus. Leaves elliptical and 9 to 12 inches in length. The 
upper surface irregularly mottled with grey, on the underside, purple. The flower 
spikes are very long and branching, and are usually well laden with graceful 
flowers from 3 to 4 inches across. Sepals ovate and broad, the petals larger. In 
colour, they are a soft rose-pink with a suggestion of a purplish tinge. Lip three- 
lobed, side lobes roundish, white, spotted with purple low down. Middle lobe 
white, tinged on the edges with yellow. The apex is divided into two long curling 
filaments. Flowers at various times, but most frequently in late Spring and early 
Summer. 
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