VANDA 



VANDA 



3431 



10. tricolor, Lindl. St. branched, tall, erect and leafy: 

 Ivs. strap-shaped, 10-12 in. long, channeled: raceme 

 drooping, longer than the Ivs.: 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 



3901. Vanda tricolor var. suavis. 



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. J.F. 2:136. C.O. 6. 

 Var. suavis, Hort. (V. suavis, Lindl.). Fig. 3901. 

 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; 47:272. I.H. 42, p. 162. G.C. II. 22:237 (var.); 

 111.7:133 and 135. C.O. 4. Var. Veitehii, Hort. 

 Fls. with rather large spots of deep rose; labellum deep 

 rose. R.B. 20:145. Var. Patersonii, Hort. Sepals and 

 petals creamy white, heavily spotted with brown; 

 labellum magenta-crimson. Gn. 23 : 134. Var. C6rn- 

 ingii, Hort. Sepals and petals bright yellow, spotted 

 with deep crimson and bordered with rose-purple on 

 both sides; labellum deep violet. Var. tenebrdsa, 

 Hort. Sepals and petals yellow marked with dark 

 red-brown; labellum rose-crimson. J.H. III. 47:3. 

 Vars. Robinsoniana, grandis, splendens, and superba, 

 Hort., are also advertised. 



11. Roxburghii, R. Br. (V. tessellata, Hook.). St. 

 1-2 ft., climbing: Ivs. 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. 506. B.M. 

 2245. F.S. 2:75; 6, p. 330. I.H. 32:579 (var. rubra). 

 P.M. 7:265. Var. caerulea, Hort., is advertised. 



12. limbata, Blume. St. about 3 ft. high: Ivs. 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. 



13. Parishii, Reichb. f. St. very short: Ivs. few, 8-10 

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

 ing, 6^-8-fld., on a short peduncle: fls. 2 in. across, fleshy, 

 greenish yellow, freely spotted with reddish brown; 

 sepals broadly ovate-oblong; petals orbicular; labellum 

 half as long as the sepals, white striped with orange at 

 the base; lateral lobes rounded, middle lobes flabelli- 

 fonn. Summer. Moulmein, India. C.O. 11. Var. 

 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. C.O. lie. 



14. densifldra, Lindl. (Saccplabium gigant eum, Lindl.). 

 St. short, thick: lys. very thick, 6-12 in. long, notched: 

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

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

 rower, with few purple spots at the base; labellum 

 cuneate, obtusely 3-lobed, with 2 pubescent ridges at 

 the base, terminal lobes bright shining purple. Winter. 

 Burma. B.M. 5635. F.S. 17:1765. C.L.A. 6:164. 

 Var. illustris, Reichb. f. Raceme and fls. larger: sepals 

 and petals spotted with purple; labellum bright purple. 

 I.H. 31:517. 



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

 Ivs. 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. 1^ 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 

 converging into a reflexed callus, side lobes small, 

 rounded. Flowers at various seasons. India. B.M. 

 7139. J.H. III. 29:491; 33:271; 48:315. G. 32:183. 

 C.O. 1. A.F. 6:441. Var. albens, Hort. Fls. almost 

 entirely white. 



16. Kimbafflana, Reichb. f. Fig. 3902. St. 6 in. high, 

 probably climbing to a great height: Ivs. 6-10 in. long, 

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



3902. Vanda Kimballiana. ( X M 



