flowered in the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, early in the present year, and which, 
with many others both of the typical plant and its various forms, bloom with us 
annually. 
Vanda teres Andersonii presents no difference in its habit of growth from the 
typical plant, but it is somewhat more free in flowering, its flowers are larger, and 
the colours richer and brighter. It may be described as a plant of a rush-like 
habit, with stems and leaves resembling each other; these scramble up the trunks 
of the trees in the hot damp jungles, and fix themselves in position by roots, 
which are freely produced from the stems. When in flower it presents a splendid 
appearance, lasting in full beauty for a month or six weeks. The plants require 
to be grown close to the glass, with full exposure to the sun, and plunged in 
sphagnum moss; they should be syringed several times during the day, as well as 
being kept well supplied with water to their roots. The temperature during this time 
may range very high, but the ventilators must be freely used should the thermometer 
exceed more than 90° or 100°. During the winter months, besides stopping the 
syringing, and keeping the plants very much drier at the roots, we allow the 
temperature of our houses to fall as low as 60°, below which we do not like to 
see the temperature fall, and under these conditions we annually have a good 
crop of flowers. Our own plants are grown in a house where Crotons are culti- 
vated exposed to the full rays of the sun. As soon as they reach the glass they 
are cut down and re-potted, Under these conditions they produce their blooms 
freely when only eighteen to twenty-four inches high. 
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