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D. Pierardi. — A useful species for flowering during the 

 winter and spring months. It is of a drooping, deciduous 

 habit, flowering in the same way as D. superbum, and requiring 

 similar treatment ; its beautiful white and yellow flowers last 

 three weeks in beauty. Native of India. 



D. Pierardi latifolium. — From India. The flowers are 

 much finer than in the type plant, though of the same 

 colour; it blooms in April and May. A scarce plant. I 

 have seen it with seventy flowers on a single stem. It re- 

 quires the same treatment as the former, and is a useful 

 plant for exhibition. 



D. primulinum. — A beautiful free-flowering deciduous 

 species from India, of pendulous gi'owth. The flowers, 

 which are white and pink, are produced in two rows along 

 the stem in April and May, and they last in perfection ten 

 days. It is best grown in a basket with sphagnum. A fine 

 plant for exhibition. I have seen as many as sixty flowers on 

 one stem when grown in baskets. It is very rare, and of 

 graceful appearance. 



D. primulinum giganteum. — A magnificent variety, the 

 flowers of which are very large, of a pink and white colour ; 

 the lip is particularly fine. A free-flowering plant, which 

 ought to be in every collection. Is best grown in a basket, 

 as it is pendulous in habit. This is grown in some collections 

 under the name of D. cucullatum giganteum. 



D. pulchellum purpureum. — A pretty dwarf deciduous spe- 

 cies from Sylhet ; it loses its leaves after it has finished 

 growing, and generally begins to show flower in February all 

 up the stem. The sepals and petals are white, edged with 

 green ; the lip has a bright orange blotch in the centre, and 

 is beautifully fringed. The plant does well in a basket with 

 moss, and lasts two weeks in bloom. 



D. rhodopterygium. — This species is something in the way 



