across, white, with a pale purple or lilac ruff, and slightly striped at the base with 
the same pale purple colour. The flowers last in perfection for several weeks, 
providing they are kept dry. 7 
This plant is best cultivated in pans, as it has a rhizome or creeping stem that 
likes to root over the surface of the soil. It is of free growth when it obtains the 
requisite treatment. We have found it to thrive best in the East Indian house, 
on a side table, as near the light as possible, but not exposed to the sun, as the 
leaves are tender and easily get spotted. When a suitable place is found, let it 
remain in it. It requires to be kept constantly moist at the roots, as it is nearly 
always growing. We cultivate it in rough fibrous peat, with the addition of 
sphagnum moss, and give good drainage. It does not require much material to 
grow in, and it will repay all the pains bestowed upon it, as it produces such a 
number of flowers. 
The plant can be divided when strong and in vigorous growth, as it makes 
roots quickly. It must be kept free from insects. 
Vanpa tricotor. (Continued from Plate 77).—The great secret of getting the 
Vandas to bloom freely is to give them plenty of light and air, and only sufficient 
shade to keep their leaves from scorching. We use ‘a very thin shading material 
made on purpose, and both ourselves and our friends find it suitable for nearly all 
kinds of Orchids. 
These plants are subject to the attacks of a small white scale insect, which, if 
allowed to get established, is very troublesome, but which can be easily kept under 
by sponging. If the plants are in a healthy state there is not much fear of their 
going wrong; but if the scale should be found on them it must be taken im 
hand in good time. The best plan is to get a little soft soap and make a lather, 
and rub this over the leaves, allowing it to remain until the next day; then to 
wash it off, when it will be found that the scales will come off easily. The 
cultivator should, in fact, never allow his plants to get infested with the scale. 
We do not find that any other insects attack them, excepting the green fly, which 
sometimes makes it appearance when they are in flower, and this may be removed 
with a fine hair brush. Vandas should never be smoked, as it causes the lower 
leaves to drop off, which is a great disfigurement to the plants. 
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