AN ENGYCLOPADIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 
Dendrobium—continued. 
D. crassinode (thick-knotted).* f. from the last matured growth, 
each node producing from two to four stout blossoms; sepals and 
petals waxy-white, tipped with rich шр; lip white, with ап 
orange blotch at the Dane. February and March. Pseudo-bulbs 
lft. to 1}ft. long, and din. in diameter. Burmah, 1868. This 
species is remarkable for the enormously swollen joints of the 
stem, which are lin, in diameter, and arranged about lin. apart. 
A pendulous stove deciduous species, best grown in a small basket 
or on a block of wood. (В. M. 5766.) There are two or three very 
good varieties, includi albilorum, pure white, with a dark 
yellow disk ; and Barberianum, a great improvement on the type, 
with more highly-coloured flowers, which are of greater sub- 
stance, the pseudo-bulbs also are stouter. 
D. crepidatum red). Л. from the last matured growth, 
two and three Pa лш about 2in. across, on somewhat long 
footstalks ; ки and petals white, tipped with pink ; lip stained 
with yellow. rch. Pseudo-bulbs lft. to 14ft. long, with white 
lines running their entire length. Assam. А very handsome 
drooping greenhouse deciduous species, well suited for growing in 
а basket or on a block. (B. M. 4993.) 
D. cretaceum (chalked).  /l. chalky-white, solitary from the 
joints of the long leafless stems, rather small, downy ; lip with a 
Ее yellow disk, pencilled with crimson ; margin cilia May. 
seudo-bulbs 8in. to ldin. long, jin. in diameter. India, 1846. 
A compact-growing pendulous stove deciduous species, (В. M. 
4686.) 
D. crystallinum (crystalline).* fl. of moderate size, freely pro- 
duced from the last matured growth; sepals and petals white, 
tipped with rose or purple; lip orange at the base, tipped with 
purple. Summer. Pseudo-bulbs lft. to 14%, long, jin. in 
diameter. Burmah, 1868. Ап erect-growing stove deciduous 
species, allied to D. Bensonic. (B. M. 6519.) 
D. cucullatum (hooded). Л, ljin. to 2in. in diameter, suffused 
with a pale pink tint; lip pale yellow. India, 1835. Very closely 
allied to D. Pierardii, from which it is principally distinguished 
by thelip being more ovate in form and more open at the base, 
the sides not being rolled round the column to half the extent 
they are in D. Pierardii, to which, however, the present species 
is inferior from a horticultural point of view. Greenhouse. 
(B. M. 2242.) 
D. cupreum (coppery). · A synonym of D. moschatum. 
Fia. 634. FLOWER OP DENDROBIUM DEVONIANUM. 
D. Dalhousianum (Lady Dalhousie’s).* у. large, 3in. to 5in. 
across; and petals y sere pen lemon; lip of the 
same colour, spotted at the base with two large blotches of dark 
crimson, and margined with rosy-pink ; racemes drooping, р: 
duced from the growth of the previous year, six to ten-flowered. 
April and May. Pseudo-bulbs stout, erect, 3ft. to 5ft. high, 
about lin. in diameter, with purple lines running their entire 
length. India, 1857. А noble strong-growing stove evergreen 
species, requiring, however, a considerable space to grow it 
in anything like perfection. (P. M. B. xi. 145.) 
D. densiflorum (dense-flowered).* fl. rich clear amber, produced 
in numerous long dense pendulous racemes, which sprinz from 
immediately below the junction of leaf and stem; lip orange, 
delicately fringed. April and May. Pseudo-bulbs somewhat 
club-shaped, about 10. in height, furnished near the apex with 
several broad, oblong, deep green, shining leaves. India, 1829. 
Ё ы handsome free-flowering stove evergreen species. (В. Е. 
) 
D. d. albo-luteum (white and yellow). A very floriferous form, 
[ differing from the t; : ** in the ен. glossier pseudo-bulbs and 
leaves, and in "br lax panicle and colourless transparent 
sepals and- "wi are sometimes tinged with pink: lip 
Dendrobium —continued. 
wholly orange, or orange-red. Moulmein. SYN. D. th siftorum. 
(B. M. 5780.) " yi 
D. d. Schroederi (Schreder's) This differs from the last- 
named variety, except in the purer white of the flowers, and the > 
golden labellum gradually shading off towards the margin into 
a paler yellow. India, 1870. 
D. Devonianum (Duke of Devonshire's).* f., sepals and petals 
soft creamy-white, tinged with pink, the latter in addition being 
tipped with purplish-magenta; lip white, margined with purple 
and spotted with rich orange at the Lase, and bordered all round 
with a delicate lace-like frill, which gives the plant a charm 
that is quite unique. Well-grown кед bulbs often carry from 
ninety to а hundred flowers, which are about 2in. across, March 
and April. Pseudo-bulbs lft. to 3ft. long, jin. in diameter. 
East Indies, 1857. A very beautiful pendulous stove deciduous 
species, sometimes called the King of Dendrobiums, It should 
be grown either in a basket or upon а block of wood. See 
Fig. 634. (B. M. 4429.) 
i E candidulum (white) f. pure white, with a yellow throat. 
D. D. Elliottianum (Elliott's) /., sepals and petals with much 
purple on their tips ; whole flower veined with rose. 1876. 
D. D. rhodoneurum (red-veined). fl., sepals and petals streaked . 
with dark purple ; lip large and round. Movit 1868. лу 
. dixanthum (double-tinted). Л. yellow, produced in clusters 
of from two to four together, on the leafless stems ; disk of the 
lip of a darker hue, about 2in. across. Spring. Pseudo-bulbs 
about 2ft. high and jin. in diameter. Moulmein, 1864. An erect, 
slender-growing, stove deciduous species, (B. M. 5564.) 
D. Draconis (Draco).* fl, white, moderate-sized, produced from 
the points of the last matured growths in bunches of six or 
more; lip with a red base. Pseudo-bulbs 1%. to lift. high, jin. 
in diameter. Moulmein, 1862. Erect stove evergreen. SYN, 
D. eburneum. (В. M. 5459.) A 
D. eburneum (ivory-flowered). А synonym of C. Draconis. 
D. xanthum (red-yellow),* о е, with 
E oT densely clustered, MeL AES, from the CE 
growth. May and June.  Pseudo-bulbs 3ft. to 4ft. high, about 
in. in diameter. Philippines, 1874. A very rare, erect, stove 
eciduous species. 
D. Falconeri (Falconer’s).* fl, produced from one-year and older 
nodes; sepals and petals white, tipped with purple; lip same _ 
colour, with a centre of dark purple, margined with orange. - 
May. l. 3in. long, lin. broad. ^ Pseudo-bulbs about 5. long, 
very knotty, much-branched ; nodes in. in diameter, close | 
together. India, 1847. A pendulous stove evergreen, somewhat. 
ditficult to cultivate. (B. M. 4944.) E 
D. Е. albidulum (white) /l. pure white, slightly tinge with * 
tips of the d. s, ur "y / Indias 1876. 
purple at the tals, and lip. 
(B. H. 1874, 15.) РЯ P un 
D. Е. giganteum (gigantic). jl. much the same colour, &c., 
as the type. l. Зіп. long, lin. broad. MEER lft. to 14ft. 
long, unbranched; nodes Jin. in diameter, about lin. apart. An — 
erect or semi-erect form. i 
D. Farmeri (Farmer's)* Л. produced upon long pendulous 
racemes, in the same manner as those of D. densiftorum, Y 
not so closely set together ; sepals and petals pale straw-colour, — 
delicately tinged with pink, whilst the disk of the lip is of a 
golden-yellow. May. India, 1847. А beautiful delicate 
uprighi- Growing stove evergreen ining about lft. in 
height, bearing several "x green | towards the 
top of its club-shaped stems, which are swollen 
а kind of pseudo-bulb. See Fig. 635. 
D. Е. aureoflavum (golden-yellow). A be 
distinguished from the type by its P 
petals, and golden lip. Moulmein, 1864, (B. M. 5401. 
also a white variety, album, but both аге таге 
D. fimbriatum Jag ime a 
and delicate texture throughou 
lip beautifully bordered with а І like f of th coim 
pendulous, six or more flowered, from the up of Ma С 
ie and older pseudo-bulbs. March and Apr EIE °° 
t. to 4ft. long, iin. in diameter, having thirty to forty leaves, = 
which are 6in. long by ljin. broad. » А very ve 
erect stove evergreen species. 4 
D. f. oculatum (cyed)* A 
— from the type in havi 
are blotched in the centre 
blood-colour. India. SYN. D. i on 
D. Findleyanum (Findley' Zim. to din. across, produced 
from the upper co ah of the last matured pseudo-bulbs; sepals 
and petals white, tipped with pink; lip white, with a large : 
orange-coloured blotch оп the anterior. part. J E 
February. Pseudo-bulbs 1%. or more high ; remarkable for "S. 
large egg-shaped nodes, which are over jin. in diameter and 
дк Nong... Moulmein, 1877. Am erect stove deciduous species. 
B. M. 6438.) IM x4 QE D i x 
D. fo: ` (beautiful).* ft. white, Ain. to біп. across, of great 
subota naa PORE from thè point, and also from the , of 
the leaves nearest the point of the pseudo-bulb; lip. 
dus алеу chiefly dif. 
er flowers, the Ys ачы — 
deep blackish-purple or dark — — 
Paxton. (В. М. 4 60.) 
