298 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcropER, 1923. 
In the genus Disa, a noteworthy characteristic is the degree of 
uniformity and comparative insignificance of the labellum. With the 
exception of the section Herschelia of about a dozen species, the labellum 
is usually very small, and often much smaller than any of:the sepals. In 
Disa it is the dorsal sepal that is usually the largest of the segments, and 
it seems to fulfil the part which in many Orchids is played by the labellum. 
Disa grandiflora is the best known representative, and an examination of 
its owers will show that what appears on first sight to be the labellum is in 
fact the dorsal sepal of hooded formation. 
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SONGS OF: THE ORCHIDS: 
AERIDES ODORATUM—THE AIR ORCHID. 
Give of your care, A soul’s deep doc tea 
Give light and air, A charm ben 
And I Geil give A splendour reerciiae 
You beauty rare. A grace divine. 
A joy to set Such beauty blows 
Your heart aglow, In my blossom fair, 
Rose-light ablush Such beauty’s born 
a bed of snow; Of light and air. 
ANGRZCUM SESQUIPEDALE., 
Nun-like thou art Lo, thy long spur 
In snow-white vesture veiled, Full-deep with nectar blest, 
With the sheer abiuspneS That none may have for feast 
f Heaven regal’d. Save bidden guest ; 
Thou art a gleam And he shall co 
Of Heaven, a soul of light, And feast and + aviede the whole 
A star beyond thy bars Sweet passion-secret of 
Of leaty night. Thy fragrant soul. 
J. H. A. Hicks. 
VANDA MoorEI—At present there are not many hybrids in the genus 
Vanda, but the time may come when artificially produced crosses will be 
seen more frequently in amateurs’ collections. V. Kimballiana and 
V. coerulea are two species that grow together in Upper Burmah, and on 
that account a hybrid between them is probably not uncommon. In an 
importation of V. coerulea received in England about the year 1897, a plant 
showing clearly the characters of both these species came into flower and 
was named V. Moorei. The leaves were rather fleshy, about twice as broad 
as in V. Kimballiana, and nearly flat, while the length of each was about 
seven inches. The sepals and petals were lilac, and the front lobe of the 
lip dull purple. 
