PHALAENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. Native of Philippine Islands, (Ilustrated). 
The finest of all orchids. Leaves as described for P. Sanderiana, but growing to 
greater size, specimens with leaves nearly 2 feet long having been reported. 
Flower scapes grow to as long as 3 feet, are well branched and crowded with 
flowers 24 to 3 inches across. Sepals and the larger and rounder petals are light 
mauve, sometimes deep rose, whitish at the edges. Lip three-lobed, the side lobes 
rounded, the central one oval and divided into spreading, curved horns. It is the 
same colour as the sepals, but has a few darker patches. The disk has a four- 
cornered callus, yellow spotted with red-brown. Flowers in Summer, the blooms 
lasting seven to eight weeks. 
Var. purpurea——Flowers deeper coloured, in some plants bluish purple. 
Var. vestalis—Flowers pure white, except for a little yellow on the base of the 
lip, which has a few brownish-yellow spots. As there is only one known specimen 
of this plant, and, as the value runs into four figures, any grower who manages 
to fluke a plant should be very happy about it! 
PHALAENOPSIS SPECIOSA. Native of Andaman Islands. 
Leaves large, yellowish-green, oblong, wedge-shaped. Racemes long and branch- 
ing. Flowers purple marked with white on the lip and at the base of the petals. 
About 24 inches across. Fragrant. Flowers in Summer and lasts six weeks. This 
species likes plenty of light at all times. 
PHALAENOPSIS STUARTIANA. Native of Mindanao—Philippine Islands. 
A popular species with oblong, obliquely notched leaves up to about a foot in 
length, marbled on the upper surface when immature, the mottlings mostly 
fading to a greyish-green with age, though occasionally the mottled appearance 
is persistent. Racemes, very long and branching, carry a large number of attrac- 
tive flowers, each about 2 inches across. The rhomboidal petals are twice as wide 
as the oblong sepals. Petals and upper sepal pure white. Lateral sepals pale yellow 
spotted with reddish-brown at the base, and white on the upper part. Lip white, 
the side lobes and the centre of the front lobe well spotted with red. Apex of 
the lip divided into two curling filaments, sometimes extended considerably. 
Flowers in late Winter and early Spring. Lasts nearly two months in beauty. 
Var. bella.—Side lobes of lip lined with red, middle lobe prominently blotched 
with purplish-brown. 
Var. Hrubyana.—Sepals and petals purple at back, the petals having a broad white 
margin, the sepals a narrow white margin. 
Var. nobilis—Flowers are larger than the type, the spots on the lip and sepals 
being fewer in number but larger. 
Var. punctatissima.—Sepals and petals thickly spotted with purplish red. 
PHALAENOPSIS SUMATRANA. Native of Sumatra. 
A striking species with three or four oblong, rather oval, fleshy, bright green 
leaves. Flower spikes shortish and bearing five to ten flowers about 23 inches 
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