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B. Cyrtopodium Woodfordii. Trinidad . B. M., 1814. 



B. R., 1508. 



Flowers green ; lip purple. This species is not easy to 

 bloom, and should be kept shaded. 



These plants should be grown in pots in a compost of 

 rich peat, moss, charcoal, and potsherds, with good drain- 

 age. Just before they begin their growth they should be 

 potted and placed in the cooler end of the hot-house, and 

 gently watered ; the supply of water and heat should be 

 increased as the foliage grows. The plants should be 

 entirely dry during the season of rest. The flower spikes 

 come up with the young growth in spring. 



D. 



Dendrocoryne. 

 SYN. of Dendrobium densiflorum. 



Dendrobium. Schwartz. Epiphyte. 



Name from 8ev$pov, a tree, and fiios, life. 



C. Dendrobium aduncum. East Indies . B. R., 32, 15. 

 Flowers, produced in little racemes from the nodes of 



the stems, transparent white ; column with rays of red- 

 dish purple. Grow in a pot in peat. 



There is a variety, Dendrobium aduncum roseum, with 

 brighter flowers. 



B. Dendrobium aggregatum. East Indies. 



SYN. Dendrobium Lindleyi. B. M., 3643. 



B. R., 1695. 

 Pax. Mag., 6, 145. 

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