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ORCHID-GEOWER S MANUAL. 



V. SUAVIS, " CHATSWORTH VAR.," Williams.— A very fine bold form of 

 this old favourite. It differs in having a much larger number of spots and 

 streaks on the sepals and petals ; the lip is rosy-purple, freckled with dots of 

 deep purple ; side lobes rich violet purple margined with white. It originated 

 in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Ohatsworth. — Ja/va. 



Fig. — Orchid Alhmn, vii. t. 324. 



V. SUAVIS FLAVA, lAiidl.— In. this form the ground colour of the sepals 

 and petals is yellow instead of Ohina-white, richly marked with broad oblong 

 brown spots, and the lip is scarcely so deep in colour as the typical plant. 

 Flowers at various seasons. — Java. 



Via.—Bot. Mag., t. 4432 (tricvlor') ; L' rcliidopUle, 1886, p. 301. 





VANDA SUAVIS. 



(Prom the Ga/ediiners' Clironicle.') 



V. SUAVIS GOTTSCHALCKEI, Williams.— T%.\s is the finest variety of 

 V. suavis that has ever come under our notice. It was first flowered in 1869 by 

 Gr. Gottschalcke, Esq., of Manchester, and exhibited by him at the Manchester 

 Show in that year. The stem and foliage are both much stouter than those 

 of the type ; the flowers, too, are much larger, and of stouter substance and 

 better shape. The sepals and petals are more densely spotted than in V. suavis, 

 and the pedicels are deeply tinged with rose ; the lip is bright rosy -purple tipped 

 with white. The flowers are deliciously scented, and are borne at different 

 times of the year. — Java. 



