captivity. It needs warmth, light and moisture. Al. B1. Cl. D1. El. (eb) F10. 
(Treated as a cluster though erect). 
Var. ophioglossum. Similar to type in manner of growth, but flowers smaller 
and yellow. 
DENDROBIUM SPECIOSUM. Native of Eastern Australia. (Ilustrated.) 
A very handsome species, which if it were an exotic would be more highly re- 
garded than it is in its native land. Stems are stout and a foot or more in length. 
Each is topped with 3 to 4 (rarely 5) stout, rigid, ovate-oblong leaves. Racemes 
grow from the nodes near the top of the stems, up to about 16 inches in length, 
densely clad with many creamy white scented flowers with lanceolate acute 
somewhat incurved sepals and petals. The flower racemes come from both the 
current and the older stems and when a large plant is in full bloom it is a mag- 
nificent sight. I once saw a plant with over 130 spikes of blossom. This species 
is most easy of culture, and grows equally well in a bushhouse or outside in the 
open sunshine. It would make an excellent centre piece for a large rock garden. 
Flowers in Spring. Al. B3. C3. D1. El. E2. E4. or ES. (ea) F12. (treated as. 
a cluster. 
Variety Hillii, Plants larger and stouter. Flowers white. 
Variety curvicaule. Stems curved — flowers more fleshy and smaller than the 
type—milky white. 
Variety nitidwm. Stems long and slender. Flowers smaller than in the type, the 
lateral lobes being purple striped. 
Variety fusiforme. Stems fusiform in shape and somewhat purple in colour. 
Flowers white and prolific. 
DENDROBIUM SPECTABILE. South West New Guinea. 
A remarkable Dendrobium, strangely reminiscent of some of the fantastic idols 
made by the New Guinea savages. The stems grow from a creeping rhizome. 
They are small at the base, then become semi-globular, the upper portion being 
attenuated and lightly flattened and furrowed—reaching a total length of about 
16 inches. The leaves are oblong obtuse, and have a double apex. They grow 
to about 6 inches and about 2 inches in width. They are thick and fleshy and 
grow in twos or threes at the top of the stems. The racemes are more than 
twice as long as the leaves, are upright and carry a number of large flowers. 
Sepals are triangular and extended to a long narrow peak irregularly undulated. 
The petals are somewhat shorter and narrower, less undulated but curved down- 
wards. They are pale yellow in colour, irregularly striped with purple. The lip 
is about 2 inches long and is similar to the sepals in appearance, but more strik- 
ingly triangular and pointed. It is white, veined with bright purple, the side 
lobes being erect and hoodlike. Al. B1. Cl. D1. El. (ea) FI. 
DENDROBIUM STRATIOTES. A Native of Sunda Islands. (I\lustrated.) 
A curious species with elongated fusiform stems up to two feet and more in 
length. Leaves oblong, obtuse and leathery, about 34 inches long and 4 inch 
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