and proper treatment. Mr. Pollett has some small span-roofed houses in which 

 the plants seem to enjoy their position, as they are thriving well under his 



gardener's care. 



Odontoglossum elegans is an evergreen species of compact growth, with light green 



foliage about ten inches in height. The pseudobulbs grow about three inches high. 



The sepals and petals are cream-coloured, tipped with yellow and irregularly blotched 



and barred with chestnut brown ; the lip is long and similar in form to that of 



0. cirrhosum, having a large golden yellow crest. It blooms during the spring 



months, and lasts in beauty for several weeks, its drooping spikes producing more 



flowers than are shown in our drawing, as our artist was not able to show the full 

 spike in his representation, from its being too long. This particular plant has been 

 distinguished as PoUctt's variety, an unweildy form of naming wdiich we prefer not 

 to adopt. 



The plant requires the same cultivation and treatment as Odontoglossmi 

 Alexandres and others of that class, of which we have given full particulars in our 

 first volume, under Plate 47. 



Vanda Sanderiana, — It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce 

 tlie flowering of tliis magnificent novelty, in the collection of W. Lee, Esq., Downside, 

 Leatherlicad, where it may now (September) be seen, bearing three spikes of its 

 gorgeous flowers. One spike bears twelve flowers, and another eight. If the read 



half 



will imagine a dozen of these lovely blossoms, each from four to four and a 

 inches in dianu^ter, collected together on one spike, he may form some idea of the 

 mngnificcncc of this grand novelty. In growth the plant resembles a gigantic V. 

 coendea, but having, much broader and longer leaves, and stouter stems and flower- 

 spikes than that species. The spikes arc produced from the axils of the leaves in 

 aTi erect position. The leaves are from nine to twelve inches long, and about an 

 inch broad, deeply channelled. The flowers are fully four inches in diameter; the 

 npper sepal and the two petals are nearly of one size and of a blush-pink, about the 

 colour of a pale variety of Odontoglossum vexillarium ; the lower sepals are much 

 larger and brondor than the petals,' two inches across, tawny yellow distinctly and 

 beautifully reticulated with dull crimson over the entire surface; the lip is dull 

 brownish crimson, and has three keels alon<r the centre extendinir from the apex to 



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the base. The contrast of the crimson markings on the yellow sepals renders this 

 new Vanda one of the most distinct species w^e have ever seen. We have had a 



sketch of this plant prepared, and it will shortly be' presented to our reade 



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