230 ORCHIDS: 
apex. Introduced in 1852 from Assam. This species 
deserves to be much more generally grown than it is now. 
It should be treated as advised for D. Devonianum; if well 
grown, it blossoms abundantly in March. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4663. 
Fig. 61. Dendrobium Wardianum 
(much reduced). 
D. Wardianum.—This is a gorgeously beautiful species, 
and one that does well in gardens. The pseudo-bulbs 
are from aft. to 4ft. long, as thick as a man’s finger, 
knotted and pendent. The leaves are lance-shaped, 4in. 
long, deciduous (falling off before the blossoms appear). 
The flowers are produced during the months of March 
and April; they grow in threes on opposite sides of the 
