VANDA HOOKERIANA. Native of Borneo, Perak, Cochin China. 
A very shy flowering species having slender, elongate, terete stems with nearly 
erect, terete, pointed leaves of a paler green than the more commonly known V. 
teres, which is also of more robust growth than V. Hookeriana. Racemes are 
produced from the upper part of the stem and bear two or three (rarely more) 
beautiful flowers each about 24 inches across, with the undulated, broad, spachu- 
late petals and the smaller sepals white spotted with magenta. The lip, which is 
striking and handsome and about 14 inches wide, is white, the side lobes having 
transverse lines of magenta-purple, while the middle lobe is lined longitudinally 
with the same colour. On each side of the column is a triangular appendage of 
a rich, deep purple. This orchid has always been difficult to obtain, as, although 
it is plentiful in its native haunts, it carries very badly, and in most cases whole 
consignments have opened up black or moribund. However, the improved aerial 
communications will probably lead to supplies being had more readily. 
Vanda Hookeriana grows upon trees and shrubs in the marshy lowlands of Borneo, 
etc. To grow it successfully requires exposure to the warmth of the sun through- 
out the year. In Brisbane and the North it will be served best by being grown 
right out in the open, where the sun will shine upon it for the maximum time 
each day. From the beginning of Spring until the first chill of Winter copious 
supplies of water must be given it. In Winter it can be left comparatively dry, 
a spraying and soaking once a week being all that is necessary. In Sydney a sunny 
corner of the glasshouse is required. Flowers in late Summer and lasts about three 
weeks. 
VANDA INSIGNIS. Native of Timor. 
A very handsome species. The erect stems are clothed with stiff, strap-shaped, 
recurving, keeled leaves, denticulate at the tip and up to about 10 inches in length. 
Racemes, 9 to 10 inches long, produce six to ten flowers each about 2} inches in 
width. Sepals and petals, obovate, obtuse and fleshy, are light yellowish-brown, 
blotched with red-brown; on the underside creamy-white. The lip is large and 
pandurate, side lobes white, middle lobe white at the base and the expanding 
front portion light purplish-rose, the disk having two low, transverse ridges. 
Flowers in midsummer and lasts three to four weeks. Treatment as for V. 
Arbuthnotiana. 
Var. Schroderiana.—Sepals and petals light yellow. Lip pure white. Flowers in 
Autumn, 
VANDA KIMBALLIANA. Native of Burma. 
A slender growing species with short, slight stems rarely exceeding a foot or 
fifteen inches in height, and furnished with a number of narrow, tapering, pointed 
leaves which have a narrow furrow along the upper side. Flower scapes up to 
18 inches across, drooping and bearing a dozen or more flowers each between 2 
and 3 inches in width. Sepals and petals white, sometimes tinted with rose. Lip 
three-lobed; mid-lobe large, heart-shaped, deep rose-purple; side lobes small, 
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