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l/anda. 



It may be successfully grown under treatment similar to that 

 recommended for F. feres. It is a native of Malaya, whence 

 it was introduced in 18S2. (Fig. 16S; \V. O. A., t. 73.) 



V. insignis (B/i/me). — A distinct and handsome species. 

 The erect stem bears stiff, strap-shaped, recurving, deeply-keeled 

 leaves about loin. long. The axillary racemes bear si.K to ten 

 flowers, each j^in. in diameter; the fleshy sepals and petals are 

 obovate, and on the inside are of a tawny-yellow, blotched with 

 a deep reddish-brown ; on the outside they are almost white. 

 The lip is of a rose-tinted white, the side lobes being small, and 

 the central one ladle-shaped and about lin. across. For many 

 years a totally different plant, a variety of V. tricolor and a 

 native of Java, was grown under this name, which was originally 

 given to the species by Blume. The flowers are borne at mid- 

 summer. A native of Timor. (B. M., t. 5759.) 



Var. Schra:deriana has sepals and petals of a light orange- 

 yellow, and a cream-coloured lip. 



V. Kimballiana {Rchh. /.). — This lovely species was intro- 

 duced by Messrs. Hugh Low &: Co., with whom it flowered for 

 the first time in the" autumn of 1889. The leaves differ from 

 those of any other Va7ida, and may be described as intermediate 

 between those of V. Amesiana (its nearest ally) and the terete 

 form seen in V. teres; they are ift. in length, narrow^ subulate, 

 with a thin furrow running down the upper side, and are closely 

 arranged on the stem. The flowers are 2in. to 3in. in diameter. 

 The sepals and petals are of the purest glistening white ; and 

 the lip is of a beautiful rosy-purple, except the small side lobes, 

 which are yellow, spotted with light brown. The upper sepal 

 and the petals are much smaller than the two oblong lower 

 sepals. The lip is broad and spreading, prettily frilled at the 

 margin. The spur is lin. long and slightly recurved. A native 

 of Burma. (B. M., t. 71 12-) 



V. Lowii {Hort.). — A synonym of Arachnanthe Lowii. 



V. Parishii (RM.f.).—^ distinct and beautiful species, stout 

 and dwarf in habit, and of very slow growth. The leaves are 

 bright green, thick, and fleshy, in shape oblong, tapermg some- 

 what towards each end, and notched at the apex. The raceme 

 is ascending, and bears six to ten flowers ; the sepals and 

 slightly broader petals are firm in texture, cuneate oblong, 

 the greenish-yellow ground spotted freely with bright reddish- 

 brown; the lip is white, striped with orange at the base, the 

 front lobe being of a pale magenta, bordered by a thin margin 

 of white It is a native of Burma, where it was originally 



