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DKNIMIOIMIWI DAUIOl SlKAM'M. 



A largo-flowered Indian epiphyte. of remarkable beauty. Hie itcmi are terete, elongated, and rod-like, rtriated, 

 and in tiie young atatc prcttilj spotted with purple. Th* Ihitcs, which clasp the stem bj thej arc ovate- 



lanceolate, with u bluniish point The flower* are borne in horizontal racemes from near tin' apex "f the 

 two-year old Menu, each raceme containing wvernl (five i" eighteen) flowers, which are upwards -.f tout h i 

 across; the petal* much larger than the sepals: both of them orate unci uf ;■ creainy-yollow tinged »iili row; 

 while the lip is flat, oblong, pubescent in front, yellow at tlio base, and there marked With a pair "f largo 

 crimson spots which are fringed with inft cted liairs. 



Dim Dauiocsiramjm, ItViVA, PaxtOtC* Mag<aint of Botany, <\. ll'»: Botanical Rtghtcr, 1846, t. I". 



This beautiful Dcndmhium \- a native of India, and was introduced t*» Chatsworth by Mr. Gibson 

 from (lie Calcutta Botanic Garden. It i* tolerably well known to cultivators, but those who are only 



commencing the Orchid fancy will lonbt \n- ■/.„. 1 to see it figured, as it i- one of the finest of this 



splendid genus, and very distinct bolli as to its growth nod Bowers. \\ c arc indebted t«» J. A. Turner. 

 "Baa., of Fcndlcbury, Manchester, for the magnificent spike of flowers (n double one. which is a not unusual 

 production in a well-grown plant) from which our drawing was taken. Mr. Turner's planl is one of the 

 line.-! tliat WO ItaVO BCCn in cultivation. 



This noble species was raw in gardens a row years since, until a fresh supply was imported} bul may 

 now be purchased at a reasonable price It is a planl iliat we very seldom see well grown. Some ycera ago 

 indeed, fine specimens of it ■opened at our great shows, but latterly ihcy have disappeared, which i* much 

 to Ire regretted, as the plant is not only a fine and distinct object in itself, but lias a noble effect, from 

 the contrasl afforded by it with the other Orchids usually exhibited- Some growers have an idea that it 

 docs not Cower freely, but if it is properly treated there will be no difficulty in this respect. 



DenJrobium Daihoumeanum is not a compaot-gTOwiug plant; indeed, it generally attains the height 

 uf from three to b'ix feet, and the stems require support to keep them in an upright position. The young 

 stem- are beautifully.markcd with purple, which affords a distinctive mark of the species. The llowcr-spikcs 

 are produce.! from the top of the tWO-ycar old stems, after the leave* have fallen, and sometimes the same 

 - ns will (lower for several years in succession. The racemes areot.cn as much as eighteen inches in 

 length, with as many as from eight to eighteen Dowers, each measuring four inches and a half across. The 

 sepals and petals are of a creamy-yellow tinged with rose, and the lip is Battish, two inches broad, of the 

 same colour as the other parts, but having two large blotches near the base of a deep blood-colour, and 

 a f.n small purplish streaks between them. The Bowers are produced in dune and duly. 



This being a large-growing plant, pot culture become* the most suitable for .t , but whUe in a small 



state it will thrive well on a block with moss. !> has been found difficult to grow i, .c collect*™, to o 



have seen the plants make a strong growth of young shoots, which have afterward, damped off, winch wo 

 believe to have been owing to too much water bavin, been given, and to the plant ben, kep » an atmo- 

 sphere both too much heated and .... moist. Although an Indian species, we have found .Mo hrtve well in 

 i. san.e bouse with the CM** VTe bave also grown it in a house to which no Ore-heat was apphed, 

 Utbto fr the beginning of dam- till September. Under such treatmen. the plan. 



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