DENDROBIUM DEVONIANUM. Native of Assam. 
A beautiful species, but, of all the Dendrobiums, one of the most difficult to culti- 
vate successfully. The stems are very long and slender, tapering to the tips and 
pendulous. Leaves are deciduous, about 3 inches long, narrow and pointed. They 
fall before the flowers are produced from the nodes along the apical half of the 
stem. They are about 2 inches in width, sepals and petals being creamy-white, 
with a faint rosy blush, the petals being tipped with bright purple. Lip is cor- 
date (heart-shaped), large, white with a purple margin, the base having a large 
blotch of bright orange. It is delightfully bordered with a lacy frill. Flowers 
in early Summer. A4. B3. Cl. D4. E2. (ed) FS. 
N.B.—This species seems to attract thrips, red spider and orchid beetles, and a 
close watch should be kept upon it to prevent the onslaught of these pests. 
Keep it saturated right through the growing season. It needs very little rest, and 
actually should not be allowed to dry out at any time. 
DENDROBIUM DELICATUM. S.E. Queensland. 
A very rare species usually classed as a variety of Dend. speciosum. The plant 
and florescence more closely resemble the well known Dend. Kingianum. The 
stems are up to 9 inches to a foot in height, swollen at the base, but tapering to 
slenderness at the top which is crowned with 2 to 4 evergreen, oval, obtuse leaves 
about § inches in length, and 14 inches,in width. Racemes carrying 8-9 flowers 
grow from the upper nodes of the recently developed stems, and occasionally 
from the two-year-old stems. Flowers $ to 3 inch across, the sepals and petals 
being somewhat incurved. The labellum is about } the length of the sepals and 
petals. In colour the sepals and petals are often a milky white, but are some- 
times delicately tinted with lilac or rose. The short lip is white, with violet 
stripes. Flowers in the Spring. A2. B3. C3. D1. El. (ea) F3. 
DENDROBIUM DIXANTHUM. Native of Lower Burma. 
A free flowering species with slender tapering stems which grow to a length of 
from a foot to eighteen inches. It is deciduous, and the linear, pointed leaves 
fall from the stems before the flowers appear. The racemes are short and grow 
from the lateral nodes of the two-year-old and sometimes the still older stems. 
From 2 to 6 flowers of medium size are carried on each stem. The sepals are 
narrow and pointed, while the petals are oblong and rounded. Both are a light 
yellow in colour. The lip is broad and squarish, the margins being edged with 
a series of tiny serrations. It is about the same colour as the segments, with a 
deeper yellow patch in the middle. It flowers in late Spring. A2. B2. C2. D2. 
El. (ea) F5. 
DENDROBIUM DRACONIS. Eastern Asia. 
A well known species with evergreen erect stems, somewhat fusiform in shape, 
about a foot in height, and clothed with short, black hairs. The leaves are 
about 3 inches long, lance-shaped, and fairly leathery in texture. They remain 
on the stems for about 2 years. The flowers are produced in close heads from 
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