ORCHIDS. 



A. Dendrobium dixanthum. Moulmein. B. M., 5564. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 197. 



A very pretty species, of upright, slender growth, pro- 

 ducing freely all summer its showy yellow flowers. Grow 

 in pot or basket. 



B. Dendrobium eburneum. Moulmein. B. M., 5459. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 166. 



A pretty, free-blooming species, with ivory-white, fra- 

 grant flowers. Pot culture. 



A. Dendrobium Falconerii. Bootan. Bat. 2d Cen., 137. 



B. M., 4944 ; var., 



5058. 

 Fl. des Ser., 1197. 



Flowers very large, stem slender ; sepals pale purple, 

 tipped^ with violet; petals white, with deep violet tip ; lip 

 also violet-tipped, and centre of deepest violet, surrounded 

 by a deep orange band shading to straw-color. Should 

 have plenty of water. We grow this plant in a basket 

 suspended over a lily-tank, and syringe it twice a day. 



B. Dendrobium Farmerii. East Indies. 



Fl. des Ser., 741. Bat. 2d Cen., 132. 

 B. M., 4659. Pax. Mag., 15, 241. 



B. M., 5451, var. Jen. Orch., 24. 

 Pes., 4. Lem. Jard., 307. 



Flowers rosy white ; lip yellow, with greenish-white 

 edge. This species grows and flowers like Dendrobium 

 densiflorum, and requires the same treatment. 



The varieties Dendrobium Farmerii album, aureo-fla,' 

 vum, and roseum only differ in intensity of color. 



