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fine Coelogynes, whose 

 large clusters of yellow 

 flowers ornament the 

 gloomiest forests, and 

 thatmost extraordinary 

 plant, Vanda Lowii, 

 which last is particu- 

 larly abundant near 

 some hot springs at 

 the foot of the Penin- 

 jauh Mountain. It 

 "rows on the lower 

 branches of trees, and 

 its strange pendant 

 flower - spikes often 

 hang down so as almost 

 to reach the ground. 

 These are generally six or eight feet 

 long, bearing large and handsome flowers 

 three inches across, and varying in 

 colour from orange to red, with deep 

 purple-red spots. I measured one spike, 

 which reached the extraordinary length 

 of nine feet eight inches, and bore 

 thirty-six flowers, spirally arranged 

 upon a slender thread-like stalk. Spe- 



VANDA LOWII. 



