Tas. 5003. 
DENDROBIUM wnosite; var. palhdiflorum. 
Noble-flowered Dendrobium ; pale-flowered var. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHIDEH.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4755.) 
DENDROBIUM nobile ; caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis oblongis oblique emar- 
ginatis obtusis, floribus geminatis, sepalis ovalibus, petalis conformibus ma- 
joribus, labello subrotundo cucullato cordato. 
DENDROBIUM nobile. Lindl. Gen. e¢ Sp. Orchid. p. 80, et in Sert. Orchid. 
t. 3. 
Var. pallidiflorum ; pedunculis unifloris, petalis angustioribus, labello unicolore. 
(Tas. Nostr. 5003.) 
Drawn from a plant sent by Mr. Parker, from his Nursery, 
Hornsey. Dr. Lindley, who has received the same plant from 
Mr. Van Houtte, is at present disposed to consider it a pale- 
coloured variety of Dendrobium nobile, of which the type 1s given 
in the splendid figure above quoted, ‘ Sertum Orchidaceum,’ 
and shows it worthy to bear such a name. ur variety differs 
from it chiefly in the single-flowered peduncles, in the smaller — 
size of the blossoms, in the narrower petals, in the absence of the 
bright roseate tinge, and that of the deep blood-coloured large 
spot which should occupy the tube of the labellum. This plant 
has also much resemblance to D. crepidatum, Lindl. (Bot. Mag. 
t. 4993), D. nobile is a native of China, and was introduced to 
our garden by the late Mr. Reeves. Its flowering season 1s May. 
The perfect state of this plant Dr. Lindley considers to be 
the handsomest of all Dendrodia. “The flowers are unrivalled 
for delicacy of texture and gracefulness of form: at first nodding, 
as if their slender stalks were unable to sustain their weight ; 
and then, as they disentangle their ample folds, assuming a — 
horizontal position, with the rich trumpet-shaped lip: forming an 
apparently solid centre, they seem purposely to raise themselves 
_SEPTEMBER lst, 1857. 
