534 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
wingless, and footless, and the lip is continuous with the column, the 
side lobes reduced to ears, and the base swollen or spurred. They are 
natives of Tropical Asia, one species extending its range to Tropical 
Australia. 
paditees This genus includes some of the handsomest Orchids 
known. Their flowers are generally large, varied, and 
brilliant in colours, and they remain fresh for two or three months. 
Considerable variety in leaf-characters is also a peculiarity in this genus. 
V. teres, one of the handsomest when in flower, but somewhat refractory 
under cultivation, appears to have been the first introduced, having been 
brought by Dr. Wallich from Sylhet in 1829, and flowered at Syon House, 
Brentford, in 1836. V. cwrulea, the queen of blue Orchids, was first 
introduced and flowered by Veitch in 1850. Probably more money has 
been spent on V. sanderiana, introduced in 1882 from Mindanao, and 
now reckoned among the most magnificent of all Orchids, than on any 
other of recent introduction. 
doin eeadans VANDA AMESIANA (Ames’). Stems a few inches high, 
leaves nearly rounded. Flowers fragrant, creamy white, 
tinged with rose, more intense on the lip; spur conical; raceme one- to 
twelve-flowered. Introduced from Burma, 1887. 
V. CHRULEA (blue). Flowers as much as 5 inches across, pale blue ; 
lip deep blue, leathery, the tip two-lobed ; in erect racemes, ten- or more- 
flowered; autumn. Introduced from Khasia, 1849 
V. HOOKERIANA (Hooker's). Stems slender, tall; leaves short, 
rounded. Flowers thin-textured, 2} inches across, white, rosy tinged, the 
petals spotted with magenta ; the broad lip with magenta-purple spots and 
lines ; in two- to five-flowered racemes; September. Native of Malaya. 
V. INSIGNIS (remarkable). Flowers 24 inches across, light brown, 
spotted with chocolate; lip somewhat fiddle-shaped, white and rose; in 
five- to seven-flowered racemes; May and June. 
1846. 
V. ParisHit (Parish’s). Flowers large, strongly scented, greenish 
yellow, dotted with reddish brown; lip magenta, with white border ; 
raceme several-flowered, erect ; Juneand July. Plant dwarf. Introduced 
from Burma, 1870. 
V. Roxpureuit (Roxburgh’s). Flowers pale green, checkered with 
olive-brown lines ; lip violet-purple and white, with short pinkish spur; 
racemes erect, six- to twelve-flowered; June and July. Plant dwarfish. 
Introduced from Bengal, 1850. 
V. SANDERIANA (Sander’s). Flowers about 4 inches across, pink 
and yellow, with a network of dull crimson lines ; lip small, purple-brown 
Introduced from Timor, 
