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Flowers rosy white ; lip yellowish. Treat as Dendro- 

 bium macranthum. Flowers in winter and spring. 



Dendrobium Pierardii latifolium. 



Flowers twice as large as the species, in April and 

 May. 



A. Dendrobium primulinum. India. 



A free-growing, deciduous, pendulous species. Flowers 

 white and pink, very delicate, in two rows along the stem, 

 in spring. Grow in basket. 



Dendrobium primulinum giganteum. 



A variety with larger flowers and stouter growth. 



B. Dendrobium pulchellum. Sylhet. Maund, Bot, i, 5. 



Lodd. Cab., 1935. 



B. M., 5037. 



Sepals white, marked with yellowish green ; petals rosy ; 

 lip beautifully fringed, with an orange blotch in the cen- 

 tre. Flowers show in February or March, after the 

 leaves have fallen. A free bloomer. 



Dendrobium pulchellum purpureum. 



Only differs from the species in the spot on the lip 

 being purple. These plants do best on blocks, without 

 any moss. 



B. Dendrobium Ruckeri. Manila . . B. R., 1843, 60. 

 Perianth beautiful nankeen-yellow, almost white out- 

 side ; lip deep orange, bordered with white. 



B. Dendrobium sanguinolentum. India . B. R., 1843, 6. 

 The bulbs and leaves are violet-colored ; the flowers 



