HORTUS VEITCHII 



exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society of London, held in 

 Eegent Street, and received with marked favour. 



The large flowers of soft light blue, tessellated with azure blue, are of 

 great beauty. 



VANDA CCEEULESCENS, Griff. 



Gard. Chron. 1870, p. 529, fig. 97 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5834; Fl. Mag. n.s. t. 259; Veitchs' 

 Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 92. 



Discovered near Bhamo in Burmah in 1837 by Griffiths, who collected 

 specimens of the plant, but nothing more was heard of it until Colonel 

 Benson re-discovered it in 1867, and sent plants the following year to 

 Chelsea, where it flowered for the first time in February 1869. 



Although by no means comparable either in size or colour with the 

 beautiful Vanda caerulea, it is a very elegant plant, and the pale lilac-blue 

 flowers cause it to be well worthy of cultivation. 



VANDA DENISONIANA, Benson & Bchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 528 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5811 ; 1'Illus. Hort. 1872, t. 105 ; 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 94, fig. 



Discovered by Colonel Benson on the Arracan Mountains and sent to 

 Chelsea in 1868, where it flowered for the first time in this country in 

 April 1869. 



It is named in honour of Lady Londesborough in appreciation of Lord 

 Londesborough's great love of orchids. 



The flowers are ivory-white in colour with five longitudinal greenish - 

 white lines on the lip. 



VANDA HOOKEBIANA, Bchb. f. 



Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 488 ; The Garden, 1883, vol. xxiii. t. 370 ; 

 1'Illus. Hort. 1883, t. 484 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 96, fig. opposite. 



This lovely Vanda was seen by several travellers, including Thomas 

 Lobb, and was known in herbaria for some time previous to its introduc- 

 tion. In 1879 a correspondent in Labuan sent us living plants which 

 were immediately acquired by Lord Eothschild. 



One of these plants flowered for the first time at Tring Park in 

 September 1882, and Since that time the flowering of Vanda Hookeriana 

 has been of frequent occurrence in that great garden. 



VANDA INSIGNIS, Blume. 



Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gdn. vol. ii. p. 19, fig. ; Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 1259 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5759 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 97. 



Introduced to Chelsea from the Moluccas by Hutton in 1866, and 

 flowered for the first time in 1868. 



It continued very rare in British collections until 1882, when it was 

 re-imported through Curtis, at that time collecting in the Malay Archi- 



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