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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[October, 1914. 



Coelogyne annamensis, allied to C. brunnea. 

 Flowered in the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Glasnevin, in November, 1913, and obtained 

 from Messrs. Sander and Sons, in June, 191 2. 

 Sepals and petals pale buff-yellow, lip rather 

 darker, with irregular radiating brown nerves 

 on the side lobes, some orange-brown on the 

 lower part of the front lobe, and flesh-coloured 

 keels. A native of Annam. 



Eulophia Lambii, from Tropical Africa. 

 Closely resembles E. Kirckii, but differs in 

 the details of the Hp. Collected by Mr. P. H. 

 Lamb, Director of Agriculture in Northern 

 Nigeria, to whom it is dedicated. 



Eulophia pusilla, from Tropical Africa, 

 where it is found on dry poor soil, exposed 

 to full sunshine. Flowers white tinged with 

 yellow. 



Maxillaria Fletcheriana. Collected in Peru 

 by M. Forget, for Messrs. Sander and Sons, 

 who flowered it at St. Albans in April, 191 3, 

 and exhibited it at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society during the same month when it 

 received an Award of Merit. The sepals are 

 white with a few irregular purple lines, the 

 petals more strongly lined, and the lip yellow 

 in front with a few purple dots, the crest 

 yellow and the side lobes suffused and lined 

 with red-purple. 



Renanthera pulchella. Flowered with 

 Messrs. A. A. Peeters and Sons, Brussels, in 

 August, 191 3. The flowers bear a general 

 resemblance to those of R. Imschootiana, but 

 are only about half the size. The colour is 

 yellow with the side lobes of the lip and 

 upper half of the petals crimson. A native 

 of Burma. Received an Award of Merit, 

 Royal Horticultural Society, June 30th, 

 1914. 



Angrascum birrimense, from Tropical 

 Africa, where it was disovered in dense 

 forest. It is allied to A. Eichlerianum, but 

 the hp is not broadly dilated at the sides, and 

 the upper part of the spur is narrower and 

 less obliquely bent about the middle. 



Disa (Eudisa) nigerica. Closely resembles 

 D. saxicola, but may be distinguished by the 

 shape of the dorsal sepal and lip. A native 

 of Tropical Africa. The flowers are described 

 as purple. 



VANDA HOOKERIANA. 



FOR horticultural purposes Vandas may 

 be divided into two well defined 

 groups, namely, those having terete 

 or cylindrical leaves and stems and those with 

 broad strap-shaped leaves arranged dis- 

 tichously upon the stem. Vanda Hookeriana 

 belongs to the terete section. Its cylindric, 

 somewhat slender stems are usually from 

 5-7 feet long and produce during the autumn 

 months elegant flowers about 2^ inches in 

 diameter, the sepals white tinted with rose, 

 the larger petals white spotted with magenta, 

 the expanded lip beautifully lined and spotted 

 with rich magenta purple. 



Its history dates from 1856, in which year 

 Reichenbach described the species in 

 Bonplandia, dedicating it to Sir William 

 Hooker, at that time director of the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew. V. Hookeriana is said to be 

 common in north Borneo along the Tandaran 

 and Limbang rivers, about twenty miles 

 from Brunei, yet notwithstanding the large 

 number of plants sent home several years 

 elapsed before any arrived in a living 

 condition. 



The first plants to be successfully estab- 

 lished were those sent to Lord Rothschild, 

 Tring Park, and although various means were 

 tried to induce them to flower it was not until 

 September, 1882, that success was obtained. 

 These plants were cultivated in a house 

 almost entirely devoted to the alhed V. teres, 

 the pots being filled with a mixture of broken 

 crocks and charcoal, and surfaced with 

 sphagnum moss kept constantly moist. No 

 shading was employed, but when bright 

 sunshine was abundant and the temperature 

 rose accordingly plenty of ventilation was 

 given. 



The following interesting details from 

 Major F. Walker, of Perak, were communi- 

 cated to The Garden, August 30th, 1 890 : — 

 " This district is thickly studded with marsh. 

 These marshes are full of thick low under- 

 growth and exposed to the full rays of the 

 sun. In some of these marshes Vanda 

 Hookeriana is found creeping over the under- 

 growth. The stems seem to rest on the tops 



