96 THE ORCHID-GROWEK'S MANUAL. 



the centre of the lip, are formed along the sides of the bulbs. 

 It blooms during the winter and spring months, lasting three 

 or four weeks in good condition, if kept in a cool house. It 

 will grow either in a pot or basket, with moss or peat. This 

 is one of the finest exhibition plants we have. 



D. nobile intermedium. A pretty and distinct Indian 

 variety, which grows in the same way as nobile, and flowers at 

 the same time. Sepals and petals white ; lip white, with a 

 crimson spot in the centre. A desirable variety for winter 

 decoration. A scarce plant. 



D. nobile pendulum. A fine evergreen variety of nobile, 

 from India, and one which is best grown in a basket, on 

 account of its pendulous habit. Flowers large, and richer 

 in colour than those of nobile, and produced at the same 

 time. 



D. Paxtonii. A remarkably handsome Orchid from India ; 

 an evergreen species, with upright growth, about three or 

 four feet high : it blooms at different times of the year, from 

 nearly the top of the old bulb, on a spike, and its 

 flowers are of a beautiful orange colour, with a dark centre : 

 lasts in perfection ten days, and requires the same treatment 

 as nobile. 



D. Pierardii. A useful Orchid, for the winter and spring 

 months, from India : a drooping, deciduous species, flowering 

 in the same way as macrophyllum, and requiring similar 

 treatment : its beautiful white flowers last three weeks in 

 beauty. 



D. Pierardii latifolium. From India : the flowers are much 

 finer than the old species, though of the same colour : it 

 blooms in April and May. A scarce plant. I have seen it 

 with seventy flowers on a single bulb. It requires the 

 same treatment as the former, and is a useful plant for 

 exhibition. 



D. primulinum. A beautiful free-flowering deciduous 

 .species, from India, of pendulous growth : the flowers, which 



