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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ February 17,1887. 
A cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pro¬ 
ceedings. 
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VANDA TERES. 
Vanda teres is a beautiful Orchid, and though it troubles some cul- 
ti vators a little to secure its health and the production of flowers, yet 
there are not so many failures now as there were a few years ago, indeed 
with some growers it thrives quite luxuriantly. A more suitable system 
of culture has been adopted, no doubt in a great measure due to the 
advice of experienced orchidists like Mr. B. S. Williams, and the plants 
are not so severely dried now as formerly. They are placed in a warm 
light corner, the pots covered with sphagnum kept constantly moist, so 
that the growth is made freely and rapidly. Some time since we called 
attention to a well-grown and freely flowered plant of this Orchid in 
Mr. Alexander Druce’s garden at Dulwich. This was grown constantly 
in the stove where there was a large water tank affording a continual 
supply of moisture, the only difference in its treatment being that in the 
winter it was suspended nearer the glass. 
The typical Vanda teres was found by Dr. Wallich in Sylhet, where 
it was grown on trees ; it was also subsequently found by Mr. W. Griffith 
in the Burmese Empire, similarly on trees ; and by Mr. Gibson near 
Pondooah at the base of the Khoseea hills. An illustration was given of 
it in the “ Botanical Register,” vol. xxi., 1.1809, published in 183(5, and the 
following year plants were sent to Chatsworth by the collector last 
mentioned, from one of which an illustration was prepared for Paxton’s 
“Botanical Magazine,” vol. v., t. 193. The “Botanical Register” plate 
represents the better-coloured variety, the other being more remarkable 
for the size of the flowers than the colouring. Several very distinct 
varieties have been obtained from time to time, but one of the most 
notable is V. teres Andersoni, which has large flowers of a very rich 
colour. The best example of this variety we have seen, and in all re¬ 
spects a very handsome specimen, is that which attracted so much atten¬ 
tion in Mr. J. Broome’s collection at Didsbury, near Manchester, a short 
time since. We saw this plant about twelve months after it was 
imported by the late Mr. J. Freeman, and it was then 4 feet high, as 
much in diameter, and of globular form. Over 200 racemes had been 
counted upon the plant, some of which had as many as six flowers each, 
and it can be imagined that it was literally a mass of flowers. 
In ordinary varieties the sepals are nearly white, the petals flushed 
with crimson, the lip bi-lobed at the apex, which is regularly streaked 
with crimson, yellow in the centre, with radiating lines of crimson dots, 
and two large lateral incurving lobes also veined with rosy crimson. A 
variety appeared in Lord Crewe’s garden some time ago. that was nearly 
white, and which has been named Candida. A third well-marked variety 
is that of which flowers are shown in the illustration (fig. 22)—namely, 
V. teres Aurora. This was exhibited by Baron Schroder at a recent 
meeting at South Kensington, and was then much admired. The sepals 
and petals are broad, the former white, the latter delicately tinged with 
rose and twisted in a more marked manner than in other varieties. The 
lip is of a soft rosy hue, the veining being less distinctly marked than 
is usual in V. teres.—L. Castle. 
VANDA SANDERIANA. 
The American F,ori.it for February gives an illustration of this 
notable Orchid with the following particulars. This plant was taken 
from its native habitat in the East Indies by one of Messrs. Hugh Low 
and Co.’s collectors, and brought to England by him in 1880. Messrs. 
Low & Co. established it and sold it at auction in London, where it was 
purchased by Messrs. Backhouse Sc Sons of York for 200 guineas. They 
sold it to Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, who sold it to Mrs. Morgan for about 
double the amount the plant first sold for. At the Morgan sale it was 
purchased by Messrs. Siebrecht & Wadley for 900 dollars, who in turn 
sold it to the late Mr. C. J. Osborn for 1000 dollars. The day after it 
was sold a letter was received from England with orders to purchase it 
at a much higher figure ; but the plant went to crown Mr. Osborn’s col¬ 
lection, where it still remains.” 
CALANTHES DEGENERATING. 
., Under the above heading your correspondent “ C. V. R.” attribute: 
the failure of Calanthes to cultivators attempting too much. On pag( 
108 he says, V e often overlook the main issue in our attempt to out 
rival other practitioners in the development of large pseudo-bulbs ant 
long spikes of bloom, and then concludes by saying rather than run th( 
risk of failure by injudicious methods of culture, it is wiser to be conteni 
with smaller but more solid pseudo-bulbs, which often result as satisfac 
tonly, &c. ihe latter advice may be very well, but if “ C. V. R.’s” em 
ployer was dissatisfied because his Calanthes were not as fine as others 1 
am inclined to think he would try to have them better the next season 
There is no doubt failure is brought about, in a great many cases, by 
three things—viz., firstly, too much water injudiciously applied during 
the earlier period of growth; secondly, by being grown in unsuitable 
houses too far from the light, and shading them too heavily during the 
summer months ; and thirdly by watering them too much when finish¬ 
ing, with the idea of keeping the foliage fresh. I have known more 
than one grower pride himself on having the foliage good when the 
flowers were nearly expanding. Such pseudo-bulbs I can easily under¬ 
stand would degenerate the next season, because they could not possibly 
be well ripened. 
I grow annually about GOO plants of Calanthes Veitchi, vestita 
rosea, and lutea. Our largest pseudo-bulbs are about 15 inches long, 
with spikes 4 feet 6 inches long. I use stimulants largely. 1 keep them 
in a cool house when in flower—viz., from November till March. I have 
never had a failure as yet, and I wish others could say the same. If 
you think an account of our treatment would be of service to any of 
your readers I will gladly give such in a future issue.— Lancastrian. 
[Any information our correspondent can give will be most welcome.] 
LEAVES BY THE WAY. 
It is very pleasing to see that you are giving Orchids the attention 
they deserve. I hope that your readers will respond by giving particulars 
of their success or otherwise with members of this interesting family. 
It is not so much that we wish to know how this one or that will do in 
an Orchid house proper, but rather how it has grown under adverse cir¬ 
cumstances. Houses that are given up entirely to each class of Orchids 
are few. I can fancy there can be little difficulty in growing these 
plants in properly constructed houses, but I find with many of them 
there is some little difficulty when we have to grow them in all sorts 
of places—in greenhouses, in vineries, and others in Fern houses—transfer¬ 
ring them from one of these places to the other as the different seasons 
of the year demand. It is of this we would like to get particulars. 
Surely there must be much information husbanded through the vast 
circle of your readers, and if ever the saying of “ Many can help one, 
when one can’t help many ” were a misleading maxim, it is so in this. 
How ? do you say. Well, tell us how you have grown any one of this 
enchanting family outside the usual houses, thvt each class of Orchids 
is grown in. In a word, tell us in plain words how you have 
managed to grow and flower any Orchid without having an Orchid 
house. I shall be most willing to join in giving a few particulars, as I 
have been trying to grow a few of these lovely flowers without an 
Orchid house. The .following I have flowered :— 
Dendrobium Bcnsoni® 
„ chrysnntkum 
„ chrysotoxum 
„ crassinode 
„ crepidatum 
„ Dalbousianum 
„ fiuibriatum 
„ „ oculatum 
„ beterocarpum 
,, Lowi 
„ nobile 
„ Parisbi 
„ Paxtoni 
,, Pierardi 
„ Bnavissimuai 
„ thyrsiflorum 
„ Wardianucn 
Aerides odoratum 
,. „ crispum 
Ad-, anrantiaca 
Calanthe vestifa 
„ Veitchi 
Cattleya amethystoglossa 
,, cifrina 
„ Eldorado 
„ Gaskelliana 
„ intermedia superba 
„ chocnensis 
,, Loddigesi 
„ Mendeli 
„ Moss'ae 
„ Trian® 
Ccelogyne cristata 
Cypripedium barbatum 
,, insigne 
„ Stonei 
„ liveum 
„ spectabilj 
Disa grandiflora 
Bpidendrum vitellinum rnajus 
Gongora atropurpurea 
L®lia anceps 
„ autumnalis 
Ma-devaliia Veitchiana 
MaxiPada luteo alba 
O Jontoglossum Alexandra 
,, Cervantesi 
„ cirrhosum 
„ crispum 
„ Pesca'ori 
,, Rossi ms jus 
„ vexiflarium 
O.ic'dlum cucull itum 
,, flexuosum 
„ Jones’anum 
„ Mar.-hallianum 
,, Bphacelatum 
Feristeria elata 
Phaius gr indiflora 
Ko’rigu-zia secunda 
Stanhope i grandiflora 
Thunia Marshalliana 
Tr'.chopilia suavis 
Zygopetalum Mackayi 
Who need despair when we find that the above Orchids have flowered 
in a stove, vinery, and a Fern house ?—J. T., Hardwicke Grange. 
CCELOGYNE CRISTATA. 
I fully endorse “ A. B.’s ” statement as to the above Orchid de¬ 
serving a prominent place. I consider it one of the most useful of 
Orchids, especially where a large quantity of choice cut flowers is 
required during the winter and spring months. I have a plant in flower 
now (February 4th) with ninety spikes, from which we have cut about 
thirty. We grow it in the intermediate house. With a few plants it 
could be had in bloom from November until March, or even later.— 
Lancastrian. 
I quite agree with “ A. B.” in his remarks on Coelogyne cristata 
on page 90. We have here several pans of this beautiful Orchid which 
have flowered wonderfully well this season, one plant at the present 
time having 180 flowers. I may say the plants were grown near the 
glass, with only slight tiffany shading during the hottest part of the day. 
I think well ripening the pseudo-bulbs is a point to be aimed at.— 
W. Grix, The Gardena, Glcdhow Uall, Leeds. 
Perhaps the air of Surrey may be agreeable to the lovely Ccelogyne 
