Plate 125. 



VANDA SUAVIS. 



Fragrant Vanda. 



omnia 



lis conformia^ ssepins basi torta. 



saccatum 



camosum, sgeDius sepalis multo brevius, subtrilobnm 



aiiri 



8tig 



obsoletis. Columna crassa nana, libera, apoda; dinandnoveriicfiM. 



Pollinia cereacea, plano-convexa, gcminata, v. 2 



alte bipartita ; caudicula loraU aut cuneata, poUiniis longiore ; glanduU raagn/i, subrotiinari vel 



triangular!. Antliera ovata^ bilocnlaris^ valyul 



semiliberis.— Herbse ejyiphyim Asia3 tropica?. 



Folia coriacea, disticha, apice ohliqua. Plores scepius raccmosi, cow^inm 



I. 



Pedunculi later ales. 



LindL 



Vanda suavis; foliis loratis flaccide recnrvis apice oblique dentatis, racemis laxis clongatis, PopnliR 

 petalisque spatbulatis retrorsis convexis valde undulatis sublobatis apice rotnndatis, Inlx^Ho 

 convexo trilobo lacinia media an^nsta alte bifida 3-Costatri lateralibus longis ovatis ftcutis 



patulisj auriculis erectis rotnndatis. LindL 

 Vanda suavis. LindL in Gard. Chron. 1848^^- 351. 



/ 



Rcl- 



Xcm 



LindL Folia Orchid, part 4>. p. 5 {e^cl var. B flava. 



according to Iteichcnhach). 



An extremely lovely Orchideoiis plant, the flo's\ 



hly blotched and spotted 



ith blood-purple on a pure white ground 



clear and distinct that they look n<^ if 



they were made of porcelain. There are innumerable 



some of which 



good deal of brownish-yellow in theii 



pals 



and petals, and to these the name of 



V. tricolor is usually given. It is also nearly related to V. insignis, which, how- 

 It comes from Java and other of the East Indian " 



all probability distinct. 



therefore of course fond of heat and moisture. 



If these be liberally supplied, th 



■apidly, and flowers abundantly at all seasons of the year 



Fig. 1. Column and hp, magmfrd. 



