AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



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A'erides. 



half-pendulous and branched, bearing a profusion of deliciously 

 fragrant flowers. The sepals and petals are bluntly ovate, 

 white, tipped or tinged throughout with deep lilac. The lip 

 is three-lobed, the side lobes being oblong and serrated, and 



liV^' 



the middle lobe small and bifid ; the whole lip is of a 



lemon colour, and the spur is rosy-red. It flowers in 



and July, and was introduced 



from the Straits of ^Malacca 



in 1S4S. Svn. A. Hi'haii- 



iaiium. 



A. Vandarum (Rchh.f-)- 

 — A distinct plant with terete 

 foliage. The flowers are 

 borne, two or three together, 

 on short spikes ; they are 

 pure white, 2in. across; sepals 

 and petals narrowed to a stalk 

 at the base, wavy and crisped 

 at the margins; lip three- 

 lobed, the two side lobes 

 standing erect like a pair of 

 ears, the front one very 

 irregular and twisted ; spur 

 long, nearly straight. Native 

 of Northern India. Flowers 

 winter. (B. ^I., t. 49S2.) 



A. virens {Lindl.). — A fre^ 

 growing, handsome-fiowered species, 

 with strap-shaped, channelled, recurved 

 leaves, pale green in colour. The 

 racemes are long, drooping, and man}- 

 flowered, the blossoms being delicious!) 

 fragrant. The sepals and petals are 

 rounded and peach-coloured, tipped with 

 rosy-purple ; the lip is large, the side 

 lobes are toothed at the apex, white, 

 dotted with crimson. This species begins 

 to flower as early as April, lasting until 

 July ; it was introduced from Java in 

 1843. An easily - managed plant, 



requiring ordinary treatment. (Fig. 13 



Var. Dayanum. — Racemes very 

 bright in colour. 



pale 

 June 



long ; 



Fig. 1.5. Portion ok 

 Rackme of Akrides 



VIREXS 

 (§ nat. size). 



B. R., 1844, t. 41.) 

 flowers large, and 



A. Warneri {Horf.). — A synonym of A. crispitm Wariieri. 



