DENDROBIUM HENSHALLII. 
(Synonymous with Dend. transparens—q.v.) 
DENDROBIUM HETEROCARPUM. Native of India, Nepal, Assam, Malaya, 
Java, etc. ; 
A widely spread and variable species of considerable charm. Pseudobulbs up to 
18 inches in height and fusiform, the upper part being about } inch in width— 
yellowish in colour. The leaves are about 4 inches in length, oblong and sharply 
pointed. Flowers are produced in pairs (sometimes threes) from the nodes of the 
previous year’s bulbs. They are about 2 inches in width and (in the type 
variety) are a creamy yellow colour in the sepals and petals, the labellum being 
prominent, reflexed, grooved, in colour buff-yellow with reddish streaks. Flowers 
appear at end of winter and grow deeper in colour with age. They are very 
fragrant. (Syn. D. aureum.) 
Var. Henshallii—Stems longer and more slender than the type, the sepals and 
petals being lighter in shade, and the lip white and spotted and blotched with 
yellow and red, 
Var. pallidum.—Similar to Henshallii, but flowers, smaller and paler. 
Var. Philippinense.—Stems up to 3 feet or more in length, and inclined to be pen- 
dulous—flowers paler than the type (not scented). Al. (sometimes A3.) B2. 
C2. D2. E2. (ea) or (ec) F4. 
DENDROBIUM HILDERBRANDTII. Native of Siam and the Celebes. 
A variable but pleasing species, the stems of which are inclined to be pendulous, up 
to 20 inches in length, slender at the base, but thickening in the upper part, 
which is clothed with ample foliage. The bases of the leaves sheath the stem. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, bilobed at the apex, and obtuse. Racemes are short 
and usually three-flowered, the flowers being on inch-long pedicels. Sepals 
obtusely oblong, the apex being twisted. The petals are broad, oblong-ovate and 
obtuse. The labellum is broad and ovate, the rear part of the lateral lobes form- 
ing a tube. The margins and the disk are covered with hairs. In colour it is 
rather variable, the petals and sepals being sometimes greenish-white, sometimes 
yellowish-greeny white, and, again, occasionally white. The labellum is pale 
yellow, with two dark brown spots. The flowers are about 3 inches across, 
and appear in early Summer. A3. B1. C4. D2. El. (eb) F1. 
DENDROBIUM HILLII. 
A variety of Dend. speciosum (q.v.). 
DENDROBIUM HISPIDUM. Syn. of Cadetia hispida. q.v. 
DENDROBIUM HODGKINSONII. Native of New Guinea. 
An interesting species with fusiform stems up to 10 inches high, up to about 3 
inch thick in the middle, grooved and topped at the apex with two or three lance- 
olate acute leaves from 4 to 7 inches in length and up to 1} inches in width and 
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