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A certain number of plants was imported some months later, but, probably 
owing to improper treatment, and to the fact that the species was not re-imported 
immediately, it became very rare until a fresh introduction was most successfully 
accomplished in 1895 by the HorticutturE INTERNATIONALE. The plants became 
perfectly, although somewhat slowly, established and their first flowers appeared 
in the autumn of 1896 and excited general admiration. 
The plant from which our drawing was made flowered in the Rue Wiertz 
establishment, Brussels. The flowers were brilliantly coloured, the petals and 
upper sepal being more than usually tinted at the base with bright red. Other 
plants have flowered with Messrs. DALLEMAGNE & C°, at Rambouillet, among 
which was one particularly striking. It was a fine specimen with a main stem at 
least 2 4 feet high (75 centimétres), and two lateral growths almost as tall. 
This plant has borne five flower-spikes with an aggregate of about 60 flowers, 
and towards the end of last November presented a magnificent sight. 
Vanda Sanderiana requires much the same treatment as the other hot-house 
Vandas, and the majority of Aérides and Saccolabiums. The chief point to be 
remembered is to keep the plants as near the glass as possible. They love 
abundance of light which is indeed indispensible for the production of a profusion 
of beautiful flowers. 
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