THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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VANDA SANDERIANA. 



{See coloured plate.) 



TO the Sanderian collector, M. Roebelen, 

 belongs the honour of discovering this 

 magnificent species. 

 He procured it towards the end of 1881 in 

 the neighbourhood of Davao, in the Philippine 

 Islands, and writes thus of his discovery: — 

 " I had collected a few plants which bore no 



with any number of carriers provided I 

 handed over to him everything in my pos- 

 session, and particularly my umbrella which 

 he wanted for his wife. I set out the same 

 day for the dwelling of a Spaniard, and 

 remained with him for a time packing my 

 plants. He it was who accompanied me the 



Vanda Sanderiana. 



,/7 semi-established plant in the collection of Messrs. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.A. 



flowers, but which revealed a novelty by their 

 habit and remains of old flower spikes still 

 remaining on the plants. At this time, I 

 was suddenly abandoned by my escort of 

 prisoners which had been given me for 

 carriers. I was then obliged to descend to 

 the plain, and after a somewhat lengthy 

 palaver and bargaining with the chief of a 

 powerful tribe, he consented to supply me 



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first day in his small boat, having no ser- 

 vants at his disposal. We landed in the 

 evening on a small clearing by the stream 

 which we had traversed, and there it was 

 that I saw at the top of a tree some flowers, 

 which appeared to my vision glorious, and 

 some minutes afterwards, in spite of huge 

 ants and other vermin in swarms, I held in 

 my hand the beautiful Vanda .Sanderiana 



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