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VANDA TRICOLOR umpz. var. PLANILABRIS uwox. 
THE THREE-COLOURED VANDA, FLAT-LIPPED VARIETY. 
VANDA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. IV, p. 41. 
Vanda tricolor. Caulis erectus, validus, elongatus. Folia disticha, lorata, recurva, apice irregulariter dentata, 
basi canaliculata. Racemus axillaris, suberectus v. interdum subpendulus, pauci- v. pluriflorus. Bracteae rigidae, ovatae, 
obtusae, breves. Pedicelli elongati. Sepala coriacea, late unguiculata, limbo rotundato-ovata, obtusa, undulata. Petala 
similia, paullo minora. Labellum trilobum, lobis lateralibus rotundato-oblongis, erectis, intermedio late pandurato 
emarginato v. brevissime bidentato, disco per axin trilineato, calcare brevi obtuso. Columna latissima. 
Vanda tricolor LINDL. in Bot, Reg., XXXII (1847), sub. t. 59. — Id. in Pax. FI. Gard., II, p. 19, t. 42, fig. 1. 
— Id. Fol. Orchid., Vanda, p. 5. — Bot. Mag., t. 4432. — Fl. des Serres, t. 641, fig. 1. — Lem. Fard. Fleur., 
II, t. 136, fig. 1. — Pescatorea, t. 42. — WARN. Sel. Orch., ser. I, t. 3. — Orchid Album, Il, t. 77. — Lindenia, 
IV, p. 49, t. 167. — De PuypT, Les Orch., p. 335, t. 48. 
Vanda suaveolens BLUME, Rumphia, IV (1848), p. 49. 
Vanda insignis Warn. Sel. Orch., ser. I, t. 3 (non Blume (1)). 
Var. cinnamomea LINDL. in Paxt. Fl. Gard., I, p. 19. — Gartenflora, XVIII, p. 131, t. 614. 
Var. pallens LINDL. in Paxt. Fl. Gard., Il, p. 19. 
Var. Patersoni O'BRIEN in Gard. Chron., 1884, II, p. 236, fig. 46. — Id., 1890, I, PP- 133, 135, fig. 21. — 
The Garden, XXII, p. 134, t. 375. 
Var. suavis VertcH Man, Orch., VII, pp. 106, 107, cum xy]. 
Vanda suavis LINDL. in Gard. Chron., 1848, p. 351. — Reus. F. Xen. Orch., I, p. 26, t. 12. — Pescatorea, 
t. 8. — Bot. Mag., t. 5174. — Fl. des Serres, t. 1604-5 (Var. Hrubyana Reus. F.). — Dg Puypr, Les Orch., p. 333; 
t. 47. — JENN. Orch., t. 23. — Orchid Album, IV, t. 180. — Id., VII, t. 324 (Chatsworth var.). 
Var. Warneri Warn. Sel. Orch., ser. II, t. 39. 
Var. planilabris. Labello latiori planiori. 
Var. planilabris LinDL. in Paxt. Fl. Gard., Il, p. 19, t. 42, fig. 2. — Fl. des Serres, t. 641, fig. 2. — 
Lem. Fard. Fleur., II, t. 136, fig. 2. — Orchid Album, I, t. 87. — Orchidophile, 1889, pp. 216, 217, cum. xyl. 
anda tricolor is a native of Java, and was originally introduced to Europe 
in 1846 by Mr. Tuomas Loss, who was collecting for Messrs Jamzs 
VeitcH & Sons, of Chelsea. It is a native of the hills in the western 
part of the island, at about 1,500 to 2,500 feet elevation, and is now said to 
occur chiefly on large trees that were originally planted to shade the now 
abandoned coffee plantations. Brume also found it growing on the sugar Palm 
(Arenga saccharifera), and described it under the name of V. suaveolens, but his 
description appeared subsequent to that of LinpLEy. 
From the outset this species has been observed to be very variable in the 
colour of its flowers, and to a lesser extent also in their shape. Many forms 
have received distinctive names, and one of them has been elevated to the rank 
(1) This figure was inadvertently cited on p. 41 of the present volume as V. insignis BLUME, which it is not. 
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