lumps of mature cow-dung. Some growers add an old bone or two. I have done 
this, but, on subsequent removal of the plant, there has been no evidence that it 
has made any attempt to obtain nourishment from these. I have found a coarse 
bone-meal a better addition, as the nitrates and phosphates are more easily 
assimilable. All the Vandas require copious water throughout the warm growing 
period, and even in Winter, as a general rule, they should not be allowed to 
become dried out. Certain species require more water in the Winter period than 
others, while one or two are benefited by a definite period of drought. 
The plants of practically every species have pithy or woody stems. To build these 
it is essential that they have plenty of light-—and here again many growers are 
apt to err in their treatment of these plants. The majority of Vandas cannot be 
given too much light, and nearly all of them revel in sunshine. This point will 
be dealt with in the Table as each species is described. 
VANDA AMESIANA. Native of Burma, India. 
A very beautiful species with rather short, stout, fleshy stems, the tallest specimen 
I have seen having a stem about fifteen inches high, but the majority of the 
plants are much shorter. The leaves are stiff and fleshy, with a broad channel 
on the upper side, about an inch broad at the base and tapering to a fine point. 
The flowers are produced on erect scapes from the axils of the leaves and bear 
from a few to a great number of exquisitely fragrant blooms from 14 to 2 inches 
across. Sepals and petals nearly equal, flat and spreading. They are white with a 
soft, pink flush. The lip is a rich rose-pink with paler edges. Vanda Amesiana is 
found growing high up on the frosty mountains of Eastern Burma and on the 
Himalayas, It usually selects the face of rocky cliffs, where it is exposed to sun 
and wind. It, therefore, requires cool, light conditions. An open bushhouse is 
quite the best place for it in Brisbane, and it should be so placed as to receive 
the benefit of the morning sunrays. In Sydney open house cultivation should also 
be sufficient, but probably it will do well in a cool glasshouse, grown in a basket 
and suspended close to the glass. Copious water must be given it right from the 
beginning of Spring until Autumn has turned chill. From then on sufficient 
moisture must be applied to prevent dryness at the roots. Flowers in early Spring, 
the blooms lasting three weeks in perfection. 
Var. alba.—Has pure white flowers. 
VANDA ARBUTHNOTIANA. Native of the Western Ghats, India. 
An attractive species with stems from 1 to 2 feet high, the narrow, recurved, 
bilobed leaves from 6 to 8 inches long. Flowers produced on racemes from the 
axils of the leaves, usually from six to eight (sometimes more) on each raceme. 
They are about 24 inches from the top of the dorsal to the lip, and about 15 inches 
across. Sepals and petals are oblong-obovate, and are a rich golden-yellow with 
transverse stripes of purple. The middle lobe of the lip is fiddle-shaped, and is 
usually cream with a few purple lines. Flowers are fragrant. This species will 
grow in a bushhouse in Brisbane and the North, with glasshouse treatment in the 
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