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DKNDItOMUM DEVONIANUM. 



A beautiful stove epiphyte, with Ion- deader articulated striate stems, of dependent hubit, the yennger ones leafy, 

 the olilcr bearing the flowers in clusters from ilic nodes. The leaves arc limnr-li.nw-.luU-. distichous, mbmem- 

 bmnacoous, and ■eliminate. The flowers nrc crowded, and beautifully coloured ; the Rpats lanceolate, entire, 

 white, lipped with aofl rosy-purple; the petal* "f the s-im. n>lmir. but owta and ciliated; and ili<- lip cucnl- 

 late, broadly cordate and pluinosely fringed, tipped like the petals with rosy-purple, and marked Inside with 

 iwo \arec. conspicuous, deep orange-colonrcd spots. The spur of the flower i* very -li"tt. 



Dexobodiuu Dsvowaxuh, Potion, Uagaaiu of Gardening and Botany, vii. 109. Botanical itagaane, t M2u. Flore 



Set Sena, vii i. 647. 

 Desdroiucm rricioxirv. fS. Devosusuji, Bcichenbackfil, Wo/pm' Anna!'* i:.J>»wy.< .>W'-'"'' V '''. w. 2X1. 





This lovely Dcndrobe was round by Mr. Gibson among the Khasya lulls, where il vraa met with 

 banging from trees in very dense woods. at about 1500 feet above the sea. " From its disagreeably rigid 

 habit in the wild Mate, and ilie absence of any traces of flowers to determine its character, its introduction 

 was a matter of question. Fortunately, specimens of il were secured in order to learn what its blossoms 

 would prove ; and the event has shown that no dependence can be placed on habitude, as the flowers nrc 

 amongst the most beautiful of which Dendrobiums can boast." It was fir-t (lowered in this country al 



Chotsworth, in 1840. 



The Dendrobo family i- one of the largesl amongst really good Orchids, and wo may confidently add 

 that J). Detonianim is one of the finest of them all. When well grown, it is indeed one of llic most 

 beautiful of all Orchids its slender, graceful habit of growth, and its long spikes of flowers, altogether 

 producing a charming effect Our Plate was token from a plant in our own collection, where it has flowered 

 finely. It is a well-known species, but notwithstanding the quantity imported, we seldom meet with well- 

 grown plants. Some cultivators do not appear to succeed well with it, the reason of which i- that they do 

 not treat it properly. We have seen it grown well in some collections, where it has been kept in the 

 Bast-India House, with plenty of water during the growing season, and syringed twice a day, in order to 

 keep away the red spider, which is the most powerful enemy it has to contend with. 



The BendrobUim Devonianum is distinct from other pendrobes in growth as well as in blossom. It i- 

 deciduous, losing its leaves after its growth U completed; and when the. bulbs are well ripened, a good 

 return of lovely flowers mai he c.vpected. The plant does not seem to vary much in its colour, or in the 

 form of iU flowers, such variations 08 do occur mostly depending upon how il is grown. 1 f grown vigorously. 

 the flowers will be larger and better coloured, and when this is the case it makes one of the finest exhibition 

 plant- we have. When suspended in a basket it has a charming effect, especially if hung amongsl ferns or 

 foliage plants, Tor when in bloom the plant is itself devoid of leaves. By having several plants, they may 

 be had in perfection from the beginning of -May until the end of June. This Dendroainn is of a pendulous 

 habit, the Menu growing to the length of four feci, and tin* blossoms being produced for nearly their whole 

 length. The flowers are two inches in diameter: they appear in May and June, and continue for about a 

 fortnight in perfection. 



This plant grows naturally in situations where it is protected from the burning sun, and where it is 

 sustained by the heavy dews. There is a growing season, during wliich it gets a good supply of rain, while 



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