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DRAFT 
Fair Copy signed by 
To 
Dr. J.J.Smith 
Sepals and petals - gro 
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Dear Dr. Smith, 
Under separate cover I am sending youa 
flower, preserved in spirit, of a Vanda 
introduced from Borneo by Mr•J.haycock, and I 
should be grateful if you will name it. 
A description of the colour is as follows*- 
__ ^_ w »and colour lemon yellow, the upper sepal and 
petals sparingly fleekei with dull red-brown, the lower sepals more 
profusely marked with tie same colour, especially towards tips, the 
dots forming broken linss. Column slightly paler yellow than petals, 
suffused at base with brownish-red slightly brighter than that on petals. 
Side lobes of lip white with a few fine broken lines of pale orange near 
base and upper margin. Uidlobe of lip pale greenish yellow rufa.used 
pale brownish pink at apex on underside; the apex with dull red broken 
lines between calli and two short dull red lines just in front of insert* 
ion of sidelobes. Spur suffused pale brownish red. Flower scented like 
V.Dearei, but more faintly. 
.Xauna-s.inaene.ly, 
In the same tube is 
Mr. Laycock which also we 
MEE. 
ji flower of a Gr a romatophy 1 lum just received from 
have been unable to name here. The habit of the 
plant is that of G. spedosum , but smaller, with a terminal inflorescence. 
The colour of the flower 
Sepals and petals ye 
dark dull brownish purpi 
covered with by one larg 
irregular blotch about m 
greenish yellow, deepening to pale orange on the claw. 
is as follows 
![Llowith greenish tinge, with large blotches of 
, the ppices of the sepals being more or less 
blotch for about i their length, then with one 
_ lidway, then a few smaller blotches at base; 
apical blotch on petals smaller, the basal blotches more numerous. Column 
greenish yellow. Sidelobfes of lip pale greenish ywllow, with broad lines 
of pale reddish brown inside^ apex-ef-iip- margin of midlobe of lip pale 
Yours sincerely. 
MRH. 
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