. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 500 ORCHIDS Van da. Var. hebraica has sulphur-coloured sepals and petals, curiously marked on the inside with spots and bars, the resemblance of which to Hebrew characters suggested the name. Burma, 1885. (W. O. A, t. 248.) V. gigantea {Lindl.).—A synonym of Stauropsis gigantea. V. Hookeriana {Rchb. f.).—One of the most remarkable Vandas in cultivation. It has terete stems and leaves, as in the better-known V. teres, from which, however, it may be easily distinguished by its paler green, pointed, and slenderer leaves, and its altogether less ro
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 500 ORCHIDS Van da. Var. hebraica has sulphur-coloured sepals and petals, curiously marked on the inside with spots and bars, the resemblance of which to Hebrew characters suggested the name. Burma, 1885. (W. O. A, t. 248.) V. gigantea {Lindl.).—A synonym of Stauropsis gigantea. V. Hookeriana {Rchb. f.).—One of the most remarkable Vandas in cultivation. It has terete stems and leaves, as in the better-known V. teres, from which, however, it may be easily distinguished by its paler green, pointed, and slenderer leaves, and its altogether less robust appearance. Under cultivation. Fig. 168. Flower of Vanda Hookeriana (3 nat. size). the racemes usually produce two flowers, but specimens have been collected in a wild state bearing as many as five; each flower is 2iin. in diameter. The sepals are oblong, white, tinged with rose. The petals are broadly spathulate, wavy, larger than the sepals, white, spotted with magenta. The lip is liin. broad, white, the side lobes being lined transversely, and the middle one longitudinally, with magenta-purple; spots of the same colour occur round the edges; at the base there are two triangular, deep purple appendages, one on each side of the column. After several unsuccessful attempts to introduce this species alive, the task was finally accomplished by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. in 1S73, but these plants did not flower until Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, William, 1858-1925; Chapman, H. J. , ed. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's sons
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