more attractive flowers. The sepals and petals are brown, and occasionally the 
apex of these is yellow. The labellum is yellow, the side lobes being purple striped. 
It flowers in Spring. Al. Bl. C1. Dl. El. (ea) F4. 
Variety semifuscum. This differs from the type in having the petals a paler brown 
than the sepals. 
DENDROBIUM JOHNSONIAE. Native of New Guinea. 
A very beautiful species. Stems, clustered, fusiform, but elongated up to about 10 
inches in height and 3% inch in diameter, and somewhat furrowed. Foliage is 
scanty and deciduous. Leaves lanceolate-oblong and obtuse, with the apex 
lobed. About 6 inches long and 1} inches wide. Racemes lateral from the axil- 
lar nodes of the upper part of the stems. They grow to 16 inches in length and 
carry a number of large flowers. The sepals are ovate-lanceolate and sharply 
pointed, the tip being more or less reflexed. The petals are much larger than 
the sepals and are rhomboidal in shape, the apex pointed and the edges slightly 
undulate. The flowers are large (in some cases nearly five inches across) and are 
snowy-white, the lateral lobes of the labellum pveing edged with purple-violet. 
Flowers in early Summer. Al. B1. C1. D1. El. (eb) FI. 
Synonyms: Dendrobium MacFarlanei and Dendrobium niveum. 
DENDROBIUM KINGIANUM. Native of Coastal S.E. Australia. 
A small, but charming, sun-loving species found growing on the rocks on the 
Dividing Range and the Glass House Mountains and other eminences. Stems 
grow in clusters and attain a height of from 6 to 9 inches. They are swollen at 
the base but attentuated towards the apex. The three to five leaves which clothe 
the upper part are oblong, bilobed, and leathery. Racemes grow to about 44 
inches in length and carry a few smallish sweet scented flowers. The sepals and 
petals are slightly incurved. In colour it varies from pale rose or lilac to a rich 
royal purple, the whitish labellum being densely spotted with rosy lilac or purple. 
Flowers in late Spring. (I find this species does best out of doors in full sunlight.) 
Aid. BS. G3.-Di. Ei. (ea) or E4: or ES. FS. 
Variety album. Stems longer than the type, racemes carrying more flowers all 
pure white. 
Variety Aldersonae. Flowers white, petals and labellum spotted with pale purple, 
and with a yellowish disk. 
Variety pallidum. Stems weaker than the type, the flowers being pale lilac. 
Variety Silcockii. Flowers larger and fleshier than the type and pure white in 
colour. 
DENDROBIUM LAMELLATUM. Native of Lower Burma, Malaya, Java and 
Borneo. 
A curious species with pseudobulbs growing from a long, creeping rhizome. They 
are something like a prickly-pear leaf in shape and form, being narrow at the base 
and broad and rounded at the top and very compressed (flat). The leaves appear 
at the top of the stems and are ovate and fleshy. The flowers are produced from 
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