VANDA 



VANDA 



1399 



10. tricolor, Lindl. Stem branched, tall, erect and 

 leafy: lvs. strap -shaped, 10-12 in. long, channeled: 

 raceme drooping, longer than the lvs.: fls. 2-3 in. 

 across; sepals obovate, attenuated at the base, yellow 

 with numerous brownish crimson spots; petals similar 

 to the sepals in form and color but narrower; labellum 

 about as long as the sepals, lateral lobes small, rounded; 

 middle lobe lyrate, notched, purple, with elevated lines. 

 F.S. 6:641. I.H. 42, p. 161. B.M. 4432. -Var. suavis, 

 Hort. ( V. siiavis, Lindl.). Ground color of the fls. 

 white; sepals and petals spotted with purple; labellum 

 deep purple. Fls. irregular from March to May. Java. 

 B.M. 5174. F.S. 5, p. 510; 6:641. Gn. 3, p. 103; 23, p. 

 134 (as V. tricolor) ; 31, p. 242; 47:1010. I.H. 42, p. 162. 

 G.C. II. 22:237 (var.) ; III. 7:133 and 135. Var. Veitchii, 

 Hort. Fls. with rather large spots of deep rose; label- 

 lum deep rose. R.B. 20:145. Var. Patersoni, Hort. 

 Sepals and petals creamy white, heavily spotted with 

 brown; labellum magenta-crimson. Gn. 23:375. Var. 

 Cdrningii, Hort. Sepals and petals bright yellow, spot- 

 ted with deep crimson and bordered with rose-purple on 

 both sides: labellum deep violet. Vars. Robinsoniana, 

 grandis, splendens and superba are also advertised. 



11. R6xburghii, R. Br. ( I', tessellata, Hook.). Stem 

 1-2 ft., climbing: lvs. narrow, complicate, 6-8 in. long, 

 2-3-toothed at the apex: racemes erect, 6-8-fld.: fls. 

 greenish yellow, tessellated with olive-brown inside, 

 white outside; sepals and petals subequal, clawed, obo- 

 vate, waved; labellum nearly as long as the sepals, 

 lateral lobes small, acute, middle lobe panduriform, 

 violet, truncate. May-Aug. Bengal. B.R. 6:506. B.M. 

 2245. F.S. 2:2; 6, p. 330. I.H. 32:579 (var. rubra). 

 P.M. 7/265. — Var. cserulea is advertised. 



12. limbata, Blume. Stem about 3 ft. high : lvs. linear, 

 keeled, 6-8 in. long, unequally bifid at the apex: racemes 

 10-12-fld., 6-8 in. long on peduncles of equal length: fls. 

 2 in. across; sepals and petals spatulate, bright cinna- 

 mon, tessellated, bordered with golden yellow, white 

 suffused with lilac outside; middle lobe of the labellum 

 oblong-pandurate, truncate, mucronate, pale lilac. June, 

 July. Java. B.M. 6173. 



brown; sepals broadly ovate-oblong; petals orbicular; 

 labellum one-half as long as the sepals, white striped 

 with orange at the base; lateral lobes rounded, middle 

 lobes flabelliform. Summer. Moulmein, India.— Var. 



2637. Vanda K 



13. Parishii, Reichb. f. Stem very short: lvs. few, 

 8-10 in. long, 2-3 in. wide, obtusely 2-lobed: raceme 

 drooping, 6-8-fld., on a short peduncle: fls. 2 in. across, 

 fleshy, greenish yellow, freely spotted with reddish 



2638. Vanda teres (detached flower Xl-5). 



Mariottiana, Reichb. f. Sepals pale mauve with numer- 

 ous darker blotches outside, petals mauve; both sepals 

 and petals are mauve inside; labellum, white at base, 

 with yellow spots and mauve lines. 



14. denaifldra, Lindl. (Saccolabium giganthim, Lindl.). 

 Stem short, thick : lvs. very thick, 6-12 in. long, notched : 

 raceme dense, cylindrical, about as long as the lvs., nod- 

 ding: sepals white, cuneate-ovate, subacute; petals nar- 

 rower, with few purple spots at the base; labellum 

 cuneate, obtusely 3-lobed, with two pubescent ridges at 

 the base, terminal lobes bright shining purple. Winter. 

 Burma. B.M. 5635. F.S. 17:1765.- Var. illustre, Reichb. f. 

 Raceme and fls. larger: sepals and petals spotted with 

 purple; labellum bright purple. I.H. 31:517. 



15. Amesiana, Reichb. f . Stem very short and stout : 

 lvs. fleshy, rigid, almost terete, with a groove down the 

 center, 6-12 in. long: raceme simple or branched, erect, 

 1-2 ft. long and bearing 20-80 fls.: fl. l%in. across, white, 

 with rose-colored ridges on the labellum, sepals and 

 petals ovate-oblong, obtuse; labellum with a broadly 

 cuneate, undulate middle lobe, having 5 ridges converg- 

 ing into a reflexed callus, side lobes small, rounded. 

 Flowers at various seasons. India. B.M. 7139. J.H. III. 

 29:491; 33:271. A.F. 6:441. 



16. Kimballiana, Reichb. f. Fig. 2637. Stem 6 in. 

 high, probably climbing to a great height: lvs. 6-10 in. 

 long, terete, with a deep, narrow furrow: peduncle 

 slender, 6-10 in. long, bearing a drooping raceme 8-10 

 in. long: fls. 2-3 in. across; petals and dorsal sepal ob- 

 ovate-spatulate, lateral sepals very much larger, oblong, 

 falcate, all pure white; labellum smaller than the lat- 

 eral sepals, middle lobe orbicular, notched, rose-purple 

 with darker veins, margin erosely toothed, lateral lobes 

 small, yellow; spur 1 in. long, curved. Autumn. Burma. 

 B.M. 7112. Gn. 37:747. R.H. 1897:352. Gt. 45:1428 and 

 p. 338. J.H. III. 20, p. 41; 29, p. 53. G.C. III. 6:335; 

 17:69. A.G. 1891:89. 



17. teres, Lindl. Fig. 2638. Stem long, climbing: 

 lvs. terete, 6-8 in. long: peduncle 6-12 in. long, bearing 

 a 3-6-fld. raceme: fls. 4 in. across; sepals nearly orbic- 

 ular, white tinged with rose; petals a little larger, deep 

 rose; side lobes of the labellum broad, incurved, yellow 

 spotted with crimson, middle lobe exceeding the sepals, 

 fan-shaped, reniform, purple or rose-colored. May- 



