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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Dendrobium continued. 



white, with an orange throat ; spikes three to four, or even eight- 

 flowered. Summer. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft. to lift, high, lin. in 

 diameter, bearing about eight or ten coriaceous leaves. India, 

 1837. Stove. (B. R. 1839, 64.) 



Dendrobinm continued. 



with orange. I. ovate-lanceolate, acute. Moulmein, 1867. Stove. 

 SYN. D. Bullerianum. (B. M. 5652.) 



D. Grlfflthiannm (Griffith's), fl. very rich golden-yellow, dis- 

 posed in immense drooping spikes. May and June. East Indies, 

 1838. Described as one of the most beautiful of the 

 yellow spring-flowering section, not unlike D. densi- 

 florum, but about double the size in all its parts. 

 Stove. 



D. hedyosmum (sweet-scented). A synonym of D. 

 scabrilingue. 



D. heterocarpum (variable-fruited). A synonym of 

 D. aureum. 



D. Heyneanum (Heyne's). /. white, streaked with 

 violet, small, produced in spikes, from the top of the 

 stems, at different times of the year. Bombay, 1838. 

 A very pretty stove deciduous species, growing about 

 8in. high, and best cultivated on a block. 



D. infundibulum (funnel-shaped).* /. pure ivory- 

 white, large, often 4in. across, produced in bunches of 

 two or more blossoms, from the upper joints ; lip ser- 

 rated, yellow ; the bases of the two lateral sepals pro- 

 longed into a tapering funnel-shaped spur, about lin. 

 long. May and June. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft. to lift, 

 long, Jin. in diameter, bearing ten to fourteen strong 

 leaves. Moulmein, 1863. Stove. It thrives best in a 

 pot nearly filled with draining material, and over this 

 a layer of living sphagnum. See Fig. 636. (B. M. 5446. ) 



D. Jamesiannm (James Veitch's) differs only from 

 D. infundibulum in having a red, instead of a golden, 

 throat. Moulmein, 1869. Stove. There are several 

 other forms of these two species, the differences of 

 which lie in the colouring of the lip. 



D. Jenkins!! (Jenkins's).* /.pale buff, margined with 

 yellow, on short erect spikes of two or three good-sized 

 blossoms, from the centre of two-year and older pseudo- 

 bulbs. March and April. Pseudo-bulbs small, grow- 

 ing thickly together, lin. long, iin. in diameter, 

 bearing a solitary, thick and fleshy, dark green leaf, 

 which is almost lin. long. Northern India, 1838. A 

 charming little greenhouse evergreen for growing on a 

 bare block of wood. (B. R. 1839, 37.) 



D. Jordonionnm (Jerdon's). fl. cinnabar-red, small, 

 produced in small bunches from the last matured 

 growth ; lip dark purple. Pseudo-bulbs about 6in. 

 high. Nilgherries, 1868. Erect stove evergreen. 



D. Jonannis (John Veitch's). fl. small, fragrant ; sepals 

 and petals chocolate-brown ; lip yellow, with crimson 

 pencillings. North Australia, 1865. A very pretty 

 greenhouse species, but not so showy as many others. 

 (B. M. 5540.) 



D. Kingiannm (Capt. King's).* fl. violet-purple, small ; 

 spikes about 6in. long, springing from the leafy part 

 of two-year and older bulbs. February. Pseudo-bulbs 

 tapering, 6in. high, iin. in diameter at base, crowded 

 together, usually bearing two leaves. Queensland and 

 New South Wales, 1843. Greenhouse. (B. M. 4627.) 



FIG. 635 DENDROBIUM FARMERI. 



D. Fytchianum (Fytch's).* fl. borne in graceful racemes, 

 9in. long, proceeding from the extremity of the upright 

 stems ; perianth beautiful white ; lip three-lobed ; lateral 



smes, 

 Bright 



lobes small, oblong, incurved, purplish-rose. January. 

 I. slender, linear, falling off before the flowers have had 

 time to expand. Stem about 1ft. long, upright. Moul- 

 mein, 1864. Stove. (B. M. 5444, under the name of 

 D. barbatulum.) 



D. Gibson! (Gibson's), fl. rich 

 ends of the old pseudo-bulbs; lip 

 two dark spots on the upper part. 

 Khasya, 1827. A pretty erect-growi 

 species, closely resembling D. fanbric 

 the Up is longitudinally plicate. (P. M. B. v., p. 169.) 



D. gratioslssimum (most-favoured).* /. usually in pairs ; 

 sepals and petals white, shaded and tipped with rose ; lip 

 marked with a large yellow spot, which is faintly striped 



reduced on the 

 yellow, with 

 mer. h. 2ft. 

 evergreen stove 

 um oculatum, but 



FIG. 636. SIHGLE FLOWER OF DENDROBIUM INFUNDIBULUM. 



