216 ORCHIDS. 
supply of water when growing, and should be kept just 
moist at the root when at rest; but it does not like much 
watering overhead. This species is a native of the moun- 
tains of Moulmein, at an elevation of about 5o0ooft. 
Figs. 54 and 55; Botanical Magazine, t. 5446. 
Var. Famesianum.—This has stouter pseudo-bulbs, and 
a differently-formed lip, the front of which is cinnabar- 
coloured. 
D. Jenkinsii—A dwarf species, with short, ovoid, com- 
pressed pseudo-bulbs crowded into a mass, each bearing 
an ovate leaf rin. long; the whole plant scarcely attains 
more than 2in. in height The flowers appear in early 
spring, and are mostly in pairs on thin, drooping peduncles; 
they are large, and bright orange-yellow in colour, darker in 
the throat. A native of Northern India. It should be 
grown upon a block of wood; it will cling tightly, and 
eventually completely envelop the block. It thrives in a 
stove, but requires ripening in a sunny, dry house for about 
two months in winter. It may be grown along with 
Cattleya Mossiz. 
Botanical Register, 1839, t. 37. 
D. Linawianum.—In habit of growth this species re- 
sembles D. nobile, yet is sufficiently distinct from that 
species to be easily recognised, even when not in flower. 
It is an erect-growing, evergreen, winter-blooming plant. 
The stems about rft. long, compressed, showing the distinct 
angles. Leaves gin. long. Flowers 2in. across, and pro- 
duced freely in pairs; they are nearly white in the centre, 
the rest of the sepals and petals being pale rosy lilac or 
cerise ; the lip is small, white, with two purple blotches in 
front, wholly purple in the throat. It is a native of 
China and Japan, where it is said to be common on 
