404 ORCHIDS. 



A. Vanda ccerulea. East Indies . . Fl. des Ser., 609. 

 I. H., 246. Pax. Fl. G., 36. 



Lem. Jard., 102. M. O. P., 2. 

 War. Orch., 18. Jen. Orch., 34. 



Pes., 29. 



Flowers large, four inches in diameter, delicate blue 

 lip short, of a deeper blue. Blooms in autumn. This is 

 one of the loveliest of Orchids. Well executed as the 

 pictures of it are, they fail to give a just idea of its 

 beauty, which indeed no words can describe. No collec- 

 tion should be without this charming plant. It blooms 

 freely and grows well, but does not require as much heat 

 as the other species. We grow our plants in baskets, in 

 preference to pots. Large plants are very scarce. 



A. Vanda ccerulescens. Burmah . . B. M., 5834 (very 



badly colored). 



A little gem of a plant. Foliage narrow. Flowers 

 on a very long spike, lilac-blue, with rich deep-blue lip. 

 The individual flowers are small, but the spike is many- 

 flowered, and the colors are very 'attractive. Grow in a 

 basket suspended from the roof, in the warmest house. 



Vanda congesta. See Saccolabium pappillosum. 



A. Vanda cristata. Nepaul B. R., 28, 48. 



B. M., 4304. 



M. O. P., 3. 



Perianth white, tinted with green ; lip very large, yel- 

 lowish white, striped with brownish purple. Blooms from 

 March to July. 



