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VANDA TERES  cinat, 
(Teretifoliae.) Caule tereti rigido, foliis teretibus obtusiusculis, pedunculis folia longe excedentibus usque i is (!!), grandifloris, 
racemosis, bracteis triangulis minutis, sepalis cuneato oblongis apice attenuatis, lateralibus subgibbis, tepalis suborbiculatis paulo undulatis, labello in calcar 
amplum inflatum conicum apiculatum descendente trifido, laciniis lateralibus obtusangulis obliquis, lacinia mediana cuneata dilatata retusa bifide pubescente. 
VANDA TERES, Lindl.! (Wall. Cat, 7324); L. O., 217!; Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1836, 1809!; Hook. Bot. Mag, Ixx., 4114 (Quill-leaved Vanda)!; Paxton 
Mag. Bot, v., 193; Rev. Hort. 1856, 22: Warner Sel. Orch., Pl. IIL, 2! (var. Andersoni). 
Caulis pedes plures demum longus, firmus, ac in specimenibus quibusdam spontaneis calamum aquilinum prope crassus, quod in hortis nostris 
numquam vidi. Vagine vulgo transverse rugose, ac cum foliis sapissime flavovirides. Flores longe pulcherrimi. Sepala candida, sepalum impar sape 
purpureo seu purpureo violaceo disco lavatum, extus spe albo nervosum. Tepala disco plus minus intense purpurea rosea, violaceorosea, margine alba. Labelli 
mpliciter pallide flavide, intus flav seriebus punctorum atropurpureorum.  Lacinia 
radiantibus atropurpurcis. He striola radiantis etiam extus conspicue, pallidiores. 
pallidissimos gerit ; labellum partim roseolum, partim flaveolum, seriebus per unguem 
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lacinie laterales extus violaceopurpurea, nunc subbrunnee, nunc 
mediana superne (medio) flava punctis atropurpureis antice roseola stri 
Exstant varietates quedam: Vanda teres aurorea, Rchb. f, flor 
punctorum atropurpureorum ; columna dorso purpurea. Wanda teres candida, Rchb. f, candidissima. Vanda teres Andersoni, B. S. Williams, dicitur facilius 
florida coloribus intensioribus pollens. 
Crescit in peninsula Indiz orientalis orientali in sylvis calidissimis humidissimis, pracipue in ditione Assamica ac Birmanica. Silhet, Wallich! Assam, 
Masters ! Majo, G. Mann !|—Pegu Januario, Brandis ! Mergui, Griffith ! 
Planta prafertim tempore, quo Orchidew primum frequentius culte, incredibili amore admirata. In Anglia prima flores expansit apud Ducem 
Northumberland, Syon House, oppos. Kew! In Continenti prima floruisse videtur apud egregium T, J. Seidl, Dresdensem, virum de horticultura continentali 
meritissimum, presertim Camelliis, Ericis, Rhododendris celeberrimum. Teneo specimen bene exsiccatum, quod benevolentissimus fautor mihi 19 Julio, 1840, 
dono dedit. Planta lucis cupidissima apud Gallos multo facilius florere solet, quam in Anglia. De colendi methodo cf. Comte du Buysson. L’Orchidophile : 
Traité sur la culture des Orchidées. pag. 507, 508, 509. Idem laciniam labelli anticam felic 
“comme un rabas de prétre.” HG. Rehb. f. 
ime cum sacerdotis patagio linteo deflexo felicissime comparat : 
Figura analytice. Columna a latere et antice. Anthere divers superne ac inferne, Androclinia diversa. Tria pollinaria antice, unum postice. 
SIXTY years ago, when tropical Orchids in European gardens were great rarites, the taper-leaved Vanda, even now 
unsurpassed in splendour, was introduced by Dr. Wallich to England from the Burmese Empire. A few years later it 
produced flowers for the first time, and one can imagine what interest and admiration the sight of such lovely tropical 
flowers excited. This event happened in the Duke of Northumberland’s garden at Syon House, which at that time was 
one of the wealthiest storehouses of exotic plants in Europe. When the plant was figured in the Botanical Register, Dr. 
Lindley thus described it: ‘‘ Nothing can exceed the flowers of this plant in delicacy of texture or softness of colour; the 
deep purple of the petals softens.away to the margin and seems to melt, as it were, into the pure white of the sepals ; 
while the rich crimson and yellow of the lip renders the brilliancy of the other parts still more conspicuous.” This lucid 
description of the flowers can only be surpassed by the brush of the artist. 
The peculiarity of growth of this Vanda renders it distinct from the multitude of tropical Orchids which have been 
brought to our gardens from the flowery lands of eastern Asia. The singular taper-like growth is peculiar to other 
East Indian Orchids, one being the lovely Vanda Hookeriana, which inhabits the swamps of Borneo and Cochin 
China, and is a scarcely less beautiful plant than V. teres. Another taper-leaved Orchid is Aérides Vandarum, which so 
much resembles V. teres in growth that it suggested the specific name to Prof. Reichenbach. Vanda teres is not confined 
to Burmah, but is found in parts of northern India, at Sylhet, Khasya, and Martaban. It grows in the plains where there 
are few trees ; it is strictly an epiphyte, and is usually met with on the larger branches, always fully exposed to the sun. 
Our collector J. Forstermann once saw a tree laden with plants of V. teres in bloom, the aggregate number of flowers 
upon which could not have been fewer than a thousand. 
There is a good deal of variation as regards the colour of the flowers of this Vanda, and a few forms are so distinct 
in this respect as to justify varietal names being applied to them. The finest is that known as Andersoni, which has 
larger and more richly coloured flowers than the type, it is also dwarfer in growth and more free in blooming, as many as 
five and six flowers being borne on each spike. This variety is Burmese. The variety aurorea has the sepals of the flowers 
white, petals also white and rosy tinted, and the lip of a light ochre yellow colour; this is a lovely variety and very rare. 
A third variety is candida, the flowers of which are wholly white, flushed with rose pink. V. teres flowers in Europe in 
June, but in Burmah about February. . It is grown to great perfection in some gardens, notably at Ferriéres, in France, 
where there is every season a gorgeous display of bloom. 
This Orchid is generally considered a difficult plant to manage and a shy flowerer, but this may often be attribut- 
able to wrong treatment. It used to be the practice to dry the plants every season, now, however, treatment the reverse 
of this periodical drying is found to be the best. The plants must be grown in a hot and moist house, and ina position 
fully exposed to the sun; they must be syringed several times during hot and dry days, and must never be allowed to 
become dry at any season. They may be grown in either pots or boxes, the compost being roughly-broken charcoal, fibry 
peat, and living sphagnum moss, and the moss should always be kept in a green state on the surface. When the plants 
outgrow the place allotted them, if the stems are cut down and their upper parts placed in the soil thep root readily. 
Our plate represents a plant in the possession of A. Heine, Esq., Birchfield, Fallowfield, Manchester. 
