PtATK XIX. 



DENDROBIUM WABDIANUM. 





A beautiful e,»phyte w,,!, lor*, pendul MA ■ ., MtJ „ „,,. „..,..,„,„! fun,-!,,,! with ....... Ll ,,. ..,,„,, 



-■ ' ' ' ' : l!l J »««'«"tol «l ll.o pouiL Ti,, beautifully-colourc*! Bower* gr»« hi two. or Arce-flowered 

 ■ mature .ton», nM d >„.,.,„.■ fou, ,.., I three^uarter in, ,,..„, ,;,. ,., .ipoflho. , 



IR-tnb. and three and . hdf mcho. from the lip ofthcdorsnl .-,.,1 W the point of the lip. The i 



lanceolate, ■omewhat blunts at ■!,.• „ H |. white, lipped »ii ,,, magenta rose, the two lateral « do. connate 



" "" '' ■ '■ "'" I" ■ ■ ! "vote, broad and „ded al the apex, and rathe< narrowed a> the 



bos. . * lit. . t.piHM with a dc-per n | ro». The lip is .mull..,,, in | nc h and a quarter wide al the base, 



■ .Innui, tlie point rather drawn out but lilnnt-e 

 «na 'he entire «u covered with crjmUinr 1 .; the hollowed po towurda the buc is of n < i 



oranpvycllow, id rfth „ ,„;, ,„• , ,,_-,- ,; ... .. :n , imson blotehea, exterior to wliieh ba 



! white, narrow ,,t the t„- »n.l widening toward, the pohll, the elongated . ip,wd 



mtli deep magenta rose, corresponding with the tip i ,l. : ihc lip virgin i- entire, !>"■ ■ 



undulated and recurred, and U fringed with cryMallino hairs similar to those which com lite rarftcc. lie 



■ ;h " colnn "' : '■■""■ 'I !'■■ »ed, almost hidden in the bow <»f Hi.- lip, purple inaide. bordered by 



it narrow purple edge, which nuu out into n short hum baddo tin* white antlu-ix 



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This magnificent plant fully equals the lovely httulrohiutji Falconer! in the rirlinw* of Us colouring, 

 and at (lie same time ee il in the site and profusion of its llo\ver>. h is evidently closely related to 



that tine plant* lint seems to be sufficiently distinct in ii more vigorous habit, in its larger ovate- 



lanceolate, nol linear-obl ct, in it- two* or three*!: lowered, not single-flowered peduncles, in Ihc form 



of tic part- of the tin ah\ and in the presence of a pair of deep eyc-iikc spoto, which stand right and left 

 near the ihc Up, The Demlrobhtm Falconeri* Tar. ^ obttmoriltH* of Sir \\~. Hooker* 



in llot.inu'al Magazine, t« 505S, b not improbably a very rmirh inferior variety of our plant rather than of 

 F*tlco:>r t -i '. agreeing with \\ in it- more vi I habil and broader leaves, but not in Ihc size or form or 

 . kings of the il m i 



The credit of liaving been the 1ir>t to bloom this most beautiful and showy Orchid i* due to Dr. Word, 

 of Southampton, after whom wo have the pleasure of naming the plant) and by whom it wan flowered fuur or 

 Bra yea We have this year seen Dr. Ward's plant in Dower, bat the beautiful drawing we now 



publish was prepared from a line ;> ncn in the collection of *lohn Day* Esq., Tottenham, where it 

 bloomed tor the last two peat beauty. The plant has bi iwn under the name of Ttendrobwm 



Falconer! oblum*m^ but \\ is very dlstincl from that sj>ecU^ in its habit, foliage, and flowere, being so much 



free in growth, as well ^ in Dowering. Unlike many of its class, it producer it h young shoots while 

 ►wing Dower. It is extremely rare, but it may be hoped that on additional supply of *o choice a plant 

 may be ii d. We believe it to Ik a native of Assam, Groin a recollection of similar plant* 



imported from thence. We have now one plant with shrivelled stems, more & and lai p 



i thai represented hi our figure. When we can secure new growth t-» equa] thnl ol the imported plant, 

 wc mnj ■ Ik IFardiawtm in perfection. 



Itoudrobmrn WardkuMm '^ a plant of pendent habit, having long rod-like stems, three fed in length, 

 jointo, bearing light green leaves of an ovate-lanceolate attaiualcd form, two lo three inches 



