VANDA. 751 



white ; there is a short compressed white spur, and a short thick white column. 



It blooms at different times in the year, and lasts long in perfection. There 



are several varieties of this plant, some much 



superior to others. It makes a superb specimen 



for exhibition purposes, as do all the varieties.— 



Java. 



Fig.— Sot. Mag., t. 4432 ; Pescatnrea, t. 42 ; Id., 

 t. 42 B (pallens) ; Paxton, I'l. Oard., ii. t. 42 ; Flore des 

 Serrcs, t. 641 ; Lemaire, Jard. Fl., t. 136 ; Puydt, Leu 

 Orch., t. 48 ; Zindenia, iv. t. 167 ; Orchid Album, ii. t. 77. 



V. TRICOLOR, Dalkeith variety, Hort. — This is vanda tsicoloe 



a very high coloured form and is one of the best (much reduced), 



varieties of this noble species although not so large 



in the flower as V. tricolor planilabris. The sepals and petals are pale yellow, 

 with rich cinnamon-brown markings, and the lip is of a rich magenta. — Java. 



V. TRICOLOR, Downside variety, Hort. — Flowered by W. Lee, Esq., Down- 

 side, Leatherhead, and considered by him to be the best of all the forms of 

 V. tricolor. The flowers are large and very rich in their colour and markings. — • 

 Java. 



V. TRICOLOR CORNINGII, Williatns. — A handsome and free-flowering 

 variety, having very broad dark green foliage of stout texture. The flowers are 

 large and of good substance; the sepals and petals rich yellow, spotted and 

 streaked with deep crimson, and beautifully margined on the inner and outer 

 surfaces with rosy-purple ; the lip dark plum colour, softened off towards the base 

 into a pale rose. This variety lasts a long time in perfection. It was flowered 

 in the fine collection of E. Corning, Esq., of Albany, New York, under the care 

 of Mr. Gray. — Java. 



V. TRICOLOR DODGSONI, Williams. — A superb variety, named in honour 

 of the late R. B. Dodgson, Esq., at one time one of the most enthusiastic 

 cultivators of these plants, with whom it originated. The flowers are large, 

 and borne in great numbers on the racemes; the sepals and petals being 

 light amber colour, streaked and blotched with reddish-brown and margined 

 with violet ; the lip large, rich purplish- violet, with a few white blotches near 

 the base. It is very highly scented. There is a fine plant of this variety in the 

 collection of Baron Sir J. H. T\'. Schroder, Staines, where it flowers every year. 

 — Indian Islands. 



V. TRICOLOR FORMOSA, Hort. — In this fine variety the sepals and petals 

 are bright yellow covered with oblong red-brown spots arranged in rows, which 

 sometimes become confluent. 



V. TRICOLOR INSIGNIS, Hort.— This plant, which has been grown as 

 F. insignis, must now take its place as a variety of F. tricolor, since the true 

 F. insignis has been introduced ; it will not, however, be any the less welcome 

 to Orchid growers though it be but a variety of F. tricolor, for it makes a very 

 handsome specimen. The sepals and petals are light yellow spotted with 



