VANDA. 



749 



V. SUAVIS RUBRA, Rodigas.—A. distinct variety ; the sepals and petals 

 being suffused with orange instead of having the dark-brown marblings usually 

 seen in the type, whilst the lip is red. — Java. 



Fig.— nil. ffort., xxxii. t. 579. 



V. TERES, Lindl. — A very handsome and distinct species, of curious aspect, 

 being of a scrambling or climbing habit of growth, extending several feet in 

 length, the stems as well as the leaves being terete or cylindrical, and dark 

 green. lbs large flowers are produced in ascending mostly two-flowered 



VANDA TBEES. 



racemes from May to July, and last four or five weeks in beauty; the sepals 

 are oblong obtuse, the dorsal one erect, white slightly tinged with rose, the 

 lateral ones twisted, parallel with the lip, creamy white ; the petals are larger, 

 sub-orbicular and undulated, rosy-magenta, lighter towards the margins ; the 

 lip is large, oucuUate, bright rosy-magenta, strongly veined, the throat orange, 

 striped and spotted with crimson, with a conical spur at the base, and a rounded, 

 dilated and emarginate apex. The racemes of flowers issue directly from the 

 stems at a point opposite the leaves. It is rather a shy-flowering species with 

 most people, but we think this may be traced to the plant being too much dried 

 up during the growing season. We have found that the best way to cultivate 

 and flower it successfully is to place the pots which contain the plants under a 

 covering of damp sphagnum moss in a warm sunny house, as near the glass as 

 possible. An abundance of .water and air should be given to it while it is 



