some of which blossom three times in the year; this, indeed, may be fl 



for if we may judge from the remnants of spikes which h 



with V. Sand 



loomed in their native country, and are .found on the imported plants 



case 



*^e 



ably expect the cultivated plants to flower quite freeh 

 This will be a scarce Orchid for some time to come, if our collectors 



we 



may 



are not 



more successful in getting it home, for hundreds of plants have unfortunately been 

 lost on the voyage, and we learn from Mr. Sander that case after case has arrived 

 with all the contents dead; thus of the numerous importations a few plants only 

 have reached England alive. Mr. Sander further informs us that this magnificent 

 Orchid comes from Mindanao, a large southern island of the Philippine group, "« where 

 it grows, high up on old trees perched upright between the branches^ in situations 

 winch are not very shady. It requires a good heat and much moisture. It flowers 

 in October m its native habitat; and the blooming of Mr. Lee's plant woidd seem 



to mdicate that in Europe also the plant will be autumn or early 



This, h.3wever, has yet to be proved, as the time of the flowering of OrchidTTn 

 their native country rarely corresponds with that of their blooming in this country 

 the difference, m many cases, being as much as six months." 



Our drawing was taken from a fine plant, imported, it appears, by Messrs. 



Low & Co and now in the choice collection of W. Lee, Esq., Downside, Leatlicr- 



leml, who hns had the good fortune to bloom this magnificent species for the first 



time m Europe, under the care of Mr. WooLford. This plant produced three spikes 



"l Its gorgeous flowers, one spike having twelve blossoms, and another ei<rht. which 



flow 



think, shuw. that It will bloom freely. Each flower is considerably over four 



nu-hos in diameter; the dorsal sepal is, like the petals, of a blush-pink colour, but 



i^ distinctly hu-ger than the latter, which have a dash of greenish yellow and a few 



rrimson spots along their lower edge ; the lateral sepals are also much larger and 



>ioa(Ifr than the petals, being fully two inches in diameter, of a rich greenish 



yellou, dif^tinctly and beautifully reticulated with purplish- crimson over the whole of 



le mtenor surface; the lip is dull brownish crimson, and has three keels along 



tlie centre, extending from the apex to the base. The plant blooms in September 



and October, and continues in blossom during several t 



eeks 



e suppose this Vancla will require the same treatment as Va7ida siiavis, but 

 time alone can prove this. We recommend it to be growTi in the East India house, 

 m a ba^k.^t, with sphagnum moss and good drainage, and hun 



gooa drainage, and nung up as near 



the 



a.^ possible, since it appears to be a plant requiring that mo!le of treatment. We 



^ ■ one growing in this way suspended near the dass, and it is makiu'r fresh 



rea-ir^l 7r ''''* '"""^ **" ^^ ^^'* growing. The fine specimens that hare 



planted i T''*'"^ ^^^ ^''''^ ^^^"^ ^"^ ^^^^ ^^^* ^"S^^- ^^® ^^^ ^* ^'^ ^^'P ^^^^^^^' 

 r^oJh"^}^^!^' ^'""^'^ *^^ '''^'^^^ ^''^^ "" ^""^^^ ^*''''*' ^^^^^ ^'^'^^ ^^^^ ^''^ sphngnum 

 drainac^e ^t^ '"^ ^^^ ^^^ '^'" ^'''^''*' ^"^^ ^^'^^^ ^^^"o provided with plenty of 

 thorn'' ' ''''*'*' ''''''''°* possibly have any stagnant moisture hanging about 



