. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. VANDA. 745 V. KIMBALLIANA, —Undoubtedly ttis is one of the handsomest Vandas, which was originally found by Mr. Boxall in Upper Burmah. It is of slender habit, producing very narrow subulate leaves, tapering to a point, 7 or 8 inches long; scapes nodding, 12 to 18 inches long, bearing twelve or more handsome flowers measuring 2 inches across; upper sepal and petals narrow-oblong obtuse undulate at the margins, white suffused with delicate rose; lat
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. VANDA. 745 V. KIMBALLIANA, —Undoubtedly ttis is one of the handsomest Vandas, which was originally found by Mr. Boxall in Upper Burmah. It is of slender habit, producing very narrow subulate leaves, tapering to a point, 7 or 8 inches long; scapes nodding, 12 to 18 inches long, bearing twelve or more handsome flowers measuring 2 inches across; upper sepal and petals narrow-oblong obtuse undulate at the margins, white suffused with delicate rose; lateral sepals much larger, falcate, white suffused with pale rose towards the extremities ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes small, bright yellow dotted with brown, the mid-lobe large cordate, deep rich rosy-purple. This plant is named in honour of W. S. "Kimball, Esq., Rochester, , a most munificent patron of this class of plants.—Burmah. Fig.—The Garden, 1890, xxvii. p. 322, t. 747; Lindenia, v. t. 204 ; Bot. t. 7H2 ; Gard. Chron., 3rd ser., 1889, vi. p. 335, f. 50 ; Journ. ofHoH., 1890, xx. p. 41, ;6; Veitcli's Man. Orch. PI., yii. p. 99 ; Warner, Sel. Oreh. PI., iii. t. 36. V. LAMELLATA BOXALLII, —Avery distinct and charming variety, of very free-flowering character, and which on account of its dwarf habit takes up but little room. It has slender erect stems, long narrow ligulate chan- nelled much recurved leaves, obliquely and acutely bidentate at the tip, and handsome floral racemes, which are longer than in the type, bearing fourteen to twenty flowers, which are handsomely coloured with white, rich brown, and magenta; the dorsal sepals and two petals are directed backwards, the dorsal sepal oblanceolate, creamy-white, the lateral ones obovate, with the inner side cut away in a curve half way, this part reddish-brown tinged with purple ; the petals are oblong cuneate, white; and the lip has a squarish sub- panduriform limb of a rich rosy-mag
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