. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . 21. V. Denisoniana hebraica, BcU. /.—In this new variety, which was introduced by us, the sepals and petals are sulphur-coloured on both sides, but darker within, where they arecovered with numerous spots, and transverse short bars,somewhat resembling Hebrew characters ; spur orange in-side ; anterior part of the blade of the lip olive in July.—Burmah. V. gigantea, Lindley.—A noble and stately plant, withbold distichous dark green broadly lorate recurved toughfleshy l
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . 21. V. Denisoniana hebraica, BcU. /.—In this new variety, which was introduced by us, the sepals and petals are sulphur-coloured on both sides, but darker within, where they arecovered with numerous spots, and transverse short bars,somewhat resembling Hebrew characters ; spur orange in-side ; anterior part of the blade of the lip olive in July.—Burmah. V. gigantea, Lindley.—A noble and stately plant, withbold distichous dark green broadly lorate recurved toughfleshy leaves a foot and a half long, very blunt at the apex. bUli ORCHID-GEOWEK S MANUAL. emarginate, with the lobes nearly equal. The racemes areaxillary, about half the length of the leaves, bearing showyflowers three inches across, with oblong obovate blunt-endedsepals and petals of a rich golden yellow freely and irregularlymarked with rich cinnamon-brown blotches ; and a white fleshylip, which is small incurved channelled dolabriform, with shortrounded basal auricles. It blooms in the spring months, and. VANDA DENISONIANA. continues a long time in full perfection if the flowers are keptdry. The flowers of this plant have notgiven general satis-faction to Orchid growers, but a large plant which we had inour collection some years ago produced two long spikes, eachbearing a dozen blossoms of large size and good substance,and we have known it produce seventeen^blossoms on one VANDA. G03 spite. This is the most massive and majestic plant of thewhole group.—Burmah. YiQ.—Bot. Mao., t. 5189; Batem. 2nd Cent. Orch. PL, t. Ii2; , t. 277 ; Xenia Orch., ii. t. 112. Stn.—V. Lindleyana; Fieldia gigantea. Y. hastifera, Bchh. f.—A very rare plant of tall-growinghabit, bearing lax racemes of flowers surpassing those ofV. Boxallii. The spathulate undulated sepals and petals arelight yellow marked with fine red blotches inside ; the lip,which is peculiar, having a compress
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