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narrow, 3in. long, deciduous, falling away before the 
blossoms are produced, usually in May or June. The flowers 
are 2in. across; the sepals and petals are soft creamy 
white, tinged with pink, the latter being tipped with 
bright purple; the lip is heart-shaped, white, margined 
with purple, with a rich orange blotch at the base, and 
bordered all round with a delicate lace-like frilling. This 
plant should be grown in a basket, or attached to a block. 
It requires a high temperature and plenty of moisture whilst 
making growth; during winter it wants very little water, 
and a temperature of about 55deg. at night. D. Devonianum 
is named in honour of the sixth Duke of Devonshire, in 
whose gardens at Chatsworth it was first flowered in 1837. 
It was introduced from the Khasia Hills. 
Fig. 53; Botanical Magazine, t. 4429. 
D. Draconis.—A white-flowered, handsome species, with 
erect pseudo-bulbs about rft. high, and as thick as the 
little finger, rounded, covered with short, black hairs. 
Leaves lance-shaped, 3in. long, remaining on for two years. 
Flowers in compact heads from the uppermost joints, each 
2in. across; sepals and petals lance-shaped and_ pointed, 
pure white; lip tongue-shaped in front, crisp-edged, three 
ridges in the throat, white, with orange-red stripes at the 
base. Flowering season, May and June. This is a free- 
flowering plant, the blossoms lasting a long time. It thrives 
under the same treatment as D. aureum. Introduced from 
Moulmein in 1862. Syn. D. eburneum. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5459. 
D. Falconeri.—One of the most beautiful of all Dendro- 
biums. Pseudo-bulbs thin and quill-like, or short and 
knotted, branching freely, and covered with grass-like 
leaves 3in. long. Flowers produced singly from the nodes 
of the last-ripened growths, each about 3in. across, full; 
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