218 ORCHIDS. 
Var. candidum has larger flowers, with white sepals and 
petals, and a yellow lip. 
Var. Freemanii has shorter, erect stems, and rosy- 
purple sepals and petals. 
D. Loddigesiii—A dwarf-growing, deciduous plant. Stems 
branching, not more than qin. long, as thick as a goose- 
quill. Leaves all over the stem, r4in. long. The flowers 
are large, borne singly on short stalks, and are rosy pink, 
shaded with purple; the lip is stained with orange, and 
ornamented with a delicate marginal fringe. This a beau- 
tiful little plant when well managed, but it is rather a shy 
bloomer. It should be grown on a block or in a basket, 
and thrives in an intermediate temperature, with plenty of 
water whilst growing. During winter it must be kept in 
a sunny position, and have no water until its flower-buds 
show. It is easy to grow, but the flowers do not appear 
unless the plant has had a long and perfect rest. It is a 
native of China, and was introduced in 1833. Syn. 
D. pulchellum (hort.). 
Plate; Botanical Magazine, t. 5037. 
D. Lowii.— A _ pretty - flowered species, related to 
D. Draconis. The pseudo-bulbs are rft. high, erect, leafy 
on the upper half, the internodes covered with black 
hairs. Leaves 3in. long. Flowers in compact racemes, 
developed near the top of the leafy stems, each flower 
I}in. across the mouth, somewhat funnel-shaped, with a 
distinct, straight spur; petals slightly broader than the 
sepals; lip tongue-shaped in front, reflexed, pale yellow, 
with six raised lines of reddish hairs; rest of flower pale 
buff-yellow. Introduced from Borneo in 1861. This plant 
must be grown in a moist tropical house all the year 
round. It is equally happy whether on a small block of 
