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Dendrobium continued. 



D. lasioglossram (woolly-tongued). JL somewhat small, pro- 

 duced in twos and threes from the joint.; sepals and petals 

 creamy- white ; lip yellow in the centre and brown at the rides. 



with purple lines, 

 Burmah.1868. An erect sle 

 rather difficult to cultivate, (B. 

 D. Unawlannm (Linaw's).* JL pale rosy-lilac, nearly white 

 in the centre, produced freely in pairs ; lip tipped with crimson. 

 Winter, h. 1ft or more. China, 1824. A very handsome erect- 

 evergreen species, requiring pot culture. 



, 



. B. M. 4153, under name of D. maniliforme.) There 

 is a Tanety majtu, which has larger and richer-coloured flowers. 



FIG. 637. SINGLE FLOWER OF DEDROBTCTI irrmruoRvtL 



D. litniflorum (trumpet-flowered).* JL very much like those of 

 D. nobile, but smaller; sepals and petals rosy-purple, very acute : 

 lip white, bordered with purple, hating a dark purple centre, and 

 remarkable in being curved like a trumpet, with the mouth up- 

 wards. April. Pseudo-bulbs 18in. to 20in. lone, iin. in diameter ; 

 node-like joints about lAin. apart. East Indies, 1856. A rare 

 pendulous stove deciduous species, succeeding best when sus- 

 pended from the roof in a basket of sphagnum. See Fig. 637. 

 (B. M. 6050.) 



D. L candldmn (whitel JL pure white, with the faintest tinge 

 of green on the lip. 1880. Very rare. 



D. L Freeman!! (Freeman's). A deep-coloured form, with zone of 

 labellum yellow, and erect, short, stiff pseudo-bulbs. Assam, 



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Dendrobium continued. 



D. longicornu majns (large long-spurred).* JL white, fringed, 

 SSJBSA^^BV' 1 * * "***W 



May and June. Paeoc 



one now*described is the best" Not unlike D./ormotum, 



ingrowth. (The type is figured R R. 1315.) 

 D. Lowl (LoWsl JL bright yellow, with reddish veins on the 

 upper part of the Hp, large. 2in. across, produced in insaini 

 from the ride of the stem near the top. Summer and autumn. 

 Pseudo-bulbs 1ft to IJft high, Jin. in diameter. Borneo. 1862. 

 A very distinct erect stove evergreen species, well-grown plants 

 of which are very rare. It succeeds in a pot or basket, or on 

 a block. (R M. 5303.) 



D. Inteolnm (yellowish).* JL Primrose-yellow, with a little orange 

 imson on the lip, lin. to 2in. across, produced in threesor 

 from the upper part of the hut-made pseudo-bulbs and 

 March. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft to 2jft long. iin. in dia- 



An erect (or usually so) greenhouse 

 The bulbs of some plants of this 



MttnfaawMywhich 



throw out 

 anenatMb 



^ 



30in. high. The first-named form never does well unless, each 

 year, the nodes from which these new growths proceed are 

 ter the peat and sphagnum. 



brought down so 



boga 



Jinf- 



that the roots can enter the peat and sphagnum. 



(Mrs. MacCarthy-sX* JL large, nearly 

 somewhat more in width, produced in d: 

 .~^~*> of from three to five blossoms ; sepals and petals very 

 pointed, of a rich cerise-blue; lip lighter, sometimes almost 

 white, 3in. long, scoop-shaped, veined with purple, and with a 

 large dark blotch witiunTJune. Pseudo-bulbs 1 jft to 2ft long, 



liameter. Ceylon, 1854. This is difficult to fgtlK 



a high, moist, airy atmosphere to grow in, and should 

 be rested for some weeks in an intermediate temperature. 

 It cannot withstand, even when at rest, a lower temperature 

 thanSOdeg. (R M. 4886.) 



D. macrophyUmn (large-leaved).* iL greenish-yellow, hairy out- 

 side, produced in long terminal erect Racemes ; lip three-lobed, 

 striped and spotted with purple. Philippines, 1833. A tall- 

 growing stove species, with club-shaped stems, which bear two 

 or three broad leaves. (R M. 5649.) 



D. marmoratnm (marbledX IL white, tipped with purple ; hp 

 purplish, ciliated. Burmah, 1875. A very pretty stove species, 

 allied to D. tnntparent. 



D. monUiforme (beaded).* JL white, with a few purple spots on 

 tiw lip, deliciouslv fragrant, borne on the upper pan of the 

 previous year's leafless stems, in clusters of two or more blossoms 

 from a joint May. Pseudo-bulbs thin, about lOin. high, clothed 

 with grass-like leaves. China and Japan, 1824. Greenhouse. 

 (B. M. 5482, under name of D. japonicuin.) The D. monUiforne 

 of Lindley (B. B. 1314) is D. Linawianum. 



D. moschatnm (musk-scented).* JL creamy-white, tinged with 

 rose, large, over gin across; 

 Up slipper-shaped, pale yel- 

 low, base darker, orna- 

 mented on each side with a 

 large eye-like blotch of deep 

 blackish - purple ; racemes 

 from the upper part of one- 

 year and older pseudo-bulbs, 

 drooping, eight to fourteen- 

 BowvraZ June. Pseudo- 

 bulbs 3ft to 5ft high, ^in. 

 fa diameter; from twenty 

 to thirty We leaves clothe 

 the stem. East India, 1828. 

 A very handsome but 



FIG. 638. DKKDROBIVM PILCHZU.CM. 



Indies, 1844. 

 STS. D. 



D. nobile (noblex 



an erect, evergreen, strong- 

 growing habit Srx. D. cm- 

 pnvm. (RR1779.) 

 D mntablle (changeable). 

 JL white, or pinkish-white, 

 with an orange mark on the 

 lip, produced from the old 

 pseudo-bulbs; spikes com- 

 pactly eight to twelve-flow- 

 ered. May. Pseudo-bulbs 

 4ft to 6ft long, frequently 

 branched, and very leafy. 

 A delicate upright-growing stove evergreen 

 (RM.5285.) 



). nobile (nobleX* JL large, very freely produced from two-year- 

 old pseudo-bulbs; sepals and petals white, tipped with rosy- 

 pink ; lip white, rosy-pink in front, blotched at the base with 



. velvety 



r to April. Pseudo-bulbs 2ft to 3ft. 



iin. in diameter, bearing from ten to sixteen bright green 

 leaves. China, 1836. (G. C. n. s., ri. 564.) This greenhouse 

 species is at once one of the oldest in cultivation, one of the 

 best known, one of the easiest grown, one of the ihasasat in 

 and, withal, one of the most beautiful It is an 

 and should be treated with pot culture if a Urge 



