Tas. 8495, 
DENDROBIUM ScHUETZEI... 
Philippines, 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
Denprosium, Swartz; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 498. 
Dendrobium Schuetzei, Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1911, p. 224; 1912, p. 337, 
fig. 47; Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. 1. p. 42; 1912, vol. lii. p. 229, fig. 102; 
Orch. World, vol. iii. p. 19; a D.| Dearei, Reichb. f., pseudobulbis brevioribus 
floribus multo majoribus et mento brevius et obtuso differt. 
Herba epiphytica, 15-40 cm. alta. Cavules erecti, subcylindrici, medio incrassati, 
sulcati, basi attenuati, dense foliati. Folia subpatentia, elliptico-oblonga, 
obtusa, coriacea, 8-10 cm. longa, 2°5-3°5 cm. lata, Pedunculi subterminales, 
breves, pauciflori. Bracteae oblongae, subacutae, breves. Pedicelli circiter 
4cm.longi. lores magni, speciosi, albi, labelli basi viridi. Sepala sub- 
patentia; posticum oblongo-lanceolatum, acuminatum, 3 cm. longum; 
lateralia triangularia, acuta, carinata, 3-5 cm. longa; mentum obtusum, 
1°3 cm. longum. Petala late ovato-orbicularia, apiculata, 4°5-5-5 em. 
longa, 3°5-4 cm. lata. Labellum trilobum, 4-4°5 cm. longum; lobi 
laterales subincurvi, late rotundati; lobus intermedius subrecurvus, late 
obovatus, truncatus vel emarginatus, apiculatus, crenulatus, 3-5-4 em. 
latus; discus basi obtuse carinatus. Columna lata, 6 mm. longa; alae 
falcato-oblongae.—R. A. RouFe. 
The handsome Dendrobium here figured is a native of 
the Philippines, whence it was introduced by Messrs. 
Sander & Sons, St. Albans, with whom it flowered for the 
first time in September, 1912; the notes published in the 
previous year were prepared from dried specimens. A plant 
purchased for the Kew collection from Messrs. Sander flowered 
in the tropical Orchid House in October, 1912. In the pre- 
paration of our plate use has been made of this latter plant 
and of photographs kindly supplied by Messrs. Sander, A 
member of the section Formosae, D. Schuetzei is nearly allied 
to D. Dearei, Reichb. f.,and to D. Sanderae, Rolfe, the latter 
figured at t. 8351 of this work, both of which are Philippine 
species. Our plant has, however, larger flowers than either, 
with a much shorter obtuse mentum, so that it has more of 
the general appearance of the Indian D, formosum, Roxb., 
though it is without the large orange-yellow disk of the 
latter. In D. Schuetzei the flowers are white with some 
green on the disk of the lip and a tinge of purple at the 
May, 1913. 
