AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 



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Dendrobii 



and keep it dry. or with just sufficient moisture to preserve 

 its pseudo-bulbs from shrivelling. It usually flowers during 

 spring and early summer ; if required to blossom in winter, it 

 should be placed in the stove during the autumn months. This 

 is one of the species which vary then- scent at different times of 

 the day. According to M. Andre, the blossoms have an odour of 

 grass in the morning, of honey at noon, and a faint Primrose 

 scent m the evening. There are several varieties, including the 

 following : % 



D. n. intermedium (intermediate). JL, sepals and petals white ; 



hp white, with a crimson spot in the centre. A rare, but distinct 



and desirable form. 

 D. n. pendulum (pendulous). JL large, richer in colour than the 



type ; with a pendulous habit 



Other varieties are : eeeruletcent, nobUiiu (a ery splendid formX 



and WaUichianum. 



D. nodatum (noded). A synonym of D. ApkrodiU. 



D. ochreatum (yellowish). JL produced on the young growth, 

 about 2in. across, very thick in substance; sepals and petals 

 bright orange ; Up with a crimson blotch in the centre. PsVndo- 

 bulbs Sin. to lOin. long, nearly lin. in diameter. Northern India, 

 1837. A very handsome pendulous stove deciduous plant Srx. 

 D. Cambridyeanum. (B. M. 4450.) 



D. Parish!! (Parish's).* JL purplish-rose, fading into white to- 

 wards the centre, generally twin ; lip shorter than the sepals and 

 petals, very woolly, rose-coloured, with two eye-like purple 

 iitfront of the column. June. Pseudo-bulbs enveloped 



blotches 

 in 



diameter, 

 ciduous species, 

 5488.) 

 D. Paxtoni (Paxton's). 



paper-like epidermis. Sin. to 14in. long, iin. in 

 Moulmein, 1863. A beautiful semi-erect stove de- 

 allied to D. nobile, but quite distinct. (B. M. 



A synonym of D. ftnbriatum oevlatum. 



D. Pierardli (Pierard's).* JL creamy-white or 

 dnced on long, beautifully festooned stems : lip 

 with a few purple lines near the base. Winter. Pseudo-bulbs 

 2ft to 4ft long, iin. in diameter. East Indies, 1815. A pendulous 

 greenhouse deciduous species, best grown in a basket or on a 

 block- (B. M. 2584.) There are several varieties, some of which 

 are very inferior. . One of the best is D. P. latijolium, in which 

 the flowers are much finer than those of the type, and are rather 

 more freely produced. It is rare. India, 1830. 



D. primulinum (Primrose).* JL produced in two rows along the 

 stem ; sepals and petals small, pinkish-white ; lip downy, very 

 large, shell-shaped, white, with a very faint tint of blue, February 

 and March. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft to lift long, iin. in diameter. 

 Moulmein, 1864. A rare but handsome stove deciduous species, 

 with a pendulous habit (B. M. 5003.) 



D. pulchellum (beautiful).* JL freely produced from the last 

 matured growth ; sepals and petals pinkish-white ; lip rose, with 

 an orange base ; margin beautifully fringed or ciliated. March. 

 Pseudo-bulbs branched, 6in. to lOin. long. North India. A 

 dwarf stove deciduous species, requiring to be grown in a basket, 

 and, when at rest, to be kept cool. See Fig. 638. (B. M. 5037.) 



D. rhodocentrum (red-spurred). JL light rosy, produced from 

 the upper portions of the two-year and older pseudo-bulbs, and 

 disposed in hanging bunches of from six to twelve ; petals tipped 

 with purple ; lip white, with a purplish stain at the apex, and a 

 yellowish base. Autumn. Psendo- bulbs 2ft to 3ft long, Jin. in 

 diameter. 1872. A pendulous stove evergreen species. 



D. rhodopterygium (rose-winged). JL deep rose ; ln> light 

 purple, woolly, pouched. May. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft to lift high, 

 iin. in diameter. Burmah, 1875. An erect deciduous stove 

 species, resembling D. Partihii, but with much larger pseudo- 

 bulbs. 



D. Buckeri (Sucker's). fL. greenish-yellow, almost white ex- 

 ternally, fragrant; lip with brown marking. Philippines, 1843. 

 A pretty species, similar in ' ' 



D. 



in habit to D. 



(blood-stained).* JL produced in bunches 

 the upper parts of the old pseudo-bulbs ; 

 sepals and petals amber, veined with rose, and with purple tips ; 

 lip large, with its point heavily marked with purple. Autumn. 

 Pseudo-bulbs 3ft to 4ft high, iin. in diameter, thickly clothed 

 with large dark green leaves. Ceylon, 1842. An erect stove NT- 

 green species, with violet or lilac-coloured stems and leaves. (B. B. 

 5, 6.) Mr. Williams mentions a variety named tvpertntm, 

 which he describes as a great improvement upon the typical form ; 

 it is much stronger in growth, with longer spikes and larger 

 flowers. Borneo. 



D. scabrilingue (rough-tongned).* JL at first greenish, but soon 

 changing to pure white, except the lip, which is shaded with 

 green and yellow, and striped with orange ; rather small, pro- 

 duced in pairs, and yielding a very delicious Wallflower-like per- 

 fume. Spring. Pseudo-bulbs 6in. to lOin. long, and about Jin. 

 in diameter. Burmah, 1862. An erect stove evergreen species. 

 SYS. D. hedyosmum. (B. M. 5515.) 



D. sculptum (carved). JL pure white, about 2m. across, produced 

 from the top of the matured growth, three or four on a spike ; 

 lip white, a square orange blotch on its centre. Pseudo-bulbs 

 1ft to lift long, in- thick. Borneo. An erect stove evergreen 



(B. M.4352.) 



ssu? 



Dendrobium continued. 



D. secundnm (side-flowering). JL purple, with a yellow lip, small, 

 disposed in short, dense racemes, which are produced from 

 near the top of the two-year and older pseudo-bulbs. Winter. 

 Pseudo-bulbs 2ft to 3ft high. iin. in diameter, bearing short 

 s, 1829. Erect stove 



>. senile (white-haired). JL bright golden-yellow, 

 across, in short spikes of twos or threes from the sides of the but 

 matured growth; lip with a few reddish transverse stripes. 

 Spring. Pseudo-bulbs 4in. to 6in. long. iin. in diameter. 

 Moulmein, 1865. (B. M. 5520.) A rare but pretty erect stove 

 deciduous species, having the steins and leaves densely clothed 

 with long white hairs. This plant should be 



1829. Erect stove evergreen, 

 about lin. 



D. speciocum (showy).* JL wax-like, creamy or yellowish-white, 

 fragrant, small, but numerously disposed in a long terminal 

 raceme (from 1ft to lift in length), curiously resupinate or 

 inverted, the lip appearing at the upper part of the flower ; sepals 

 and petals incurved, narrow ; lip with black specks. Autumn. 

 PaeuSo-bnlbs very stout, 6in. to P lOin. long, l&Lin diameter. 



^ ^ coriac ^ >i1 * a * rk ***** ieare *- 



h^neatfanece^ 110 ^ 11 ^ ^ ***** "* 



i necessary ; but when theseare* inature?tf should be 

 removed to the open air for two or three months, giving only 

 sufficient water tokeep the sun from shrivelSS iTuf . It 

 should be grown in a pot and a little loam and leaf mould mav 

 be added to the compost with considerable advantage. (B. M. 



D. s, Hlllil (Hill's). /., sepals and petals narrower and paler, 

 and with longer but more slender spikes than those of the type. 

 Pseudo-bulbs about double the length, and half the thickness, of 

 those of D. tpeeionun. 1861. A remarkably floriferous plant 

 (B. M. 5261.) 



(very sweet-scented).* JL rich yellow, about 

 . across, with a strong Hawthorn-like fragrance, produced in 

 erect spikes of eight to twelve, from the leafy part of one-year 

 and older pseudo-bulbs ; lip the same colour, with a conspicuous 

 central blotch of brownish-purple ; outer edge very delicately 

 fringed. June. Burmah, 1873. Habit of growth the same as 

 D. chrytotoxum. Stove. (Gn., Feb. 23, 1878.) 



D. sulcatum (furrowed). JL in a drooping raceme from the leafy 

 joints ; sepals and petals amber, with crimson veins ; lip amber, 

 with deep crimson markings. February. Pseudo-bulbs 6in. to 

 9in. high, swelling upwards, bearing two or three large leave* 

 in the upper part India, 1837. An erect stove evergreen species. 

 (B. K. 1838; 65?) 



D. superbiens (superb).* fl. usually light purple, but sometimes 

 claret, shaded with brown, about 2in. across ; spikes erect or 

 arching, bearing from eight to twelve flowers, and produced 

 from the upper part of the pseudo-bulbs; sepals and petals 

 undulated or waved. Autumn. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft to 3ft high, 

 lin. in diameter. North Australia, 1876. An erect stove 

 evergreen species. See Fig, 639. (Gn., Sept 14, 1878.) 



D. 8. Goldiei (Goldie'sX A very elegant form, with violet- 

 coloured flowers. North Australia, 187& 



D. superbnm (superb). JL pink, tinged with rose, about Sin. 

 or 4m. across, proceeding in a 'row on each side of the stems ; 

 lip rich purple^ ApriL Pseudo-bulbs lift to 2ift long, ' 



in diameter. Philippines. A pendulous stove semi-deciduous 

 with flowers naving a strong odoi 



iced if tne pL 

 (B. M. 3970, i 



species, wi 



barb ; this ,,..... -*~ ^ -^ 



a basket suspended from the roof. 



odour, 

 objection will be unnoticed if the 



like T 



rhn- 



of D. vmcranthvm.) 

 D. 8. anosmum (scentless). 



JL large, from 2in. to Sin. 



in pairs down the stem ; sepals and petals rosv-pink ; 

 purple. Spring. Pseudo-bulbs Iftto 2ft long, and about 

 L in diameter. Manilla, 1840. A drooping stove deciduous 

 species, best grown in a basket Beicbenbacfa csiiUin this a 

 variety of D. tuperbum, but the petals and sepals an broader, 

 and the flowers are better-shaped and have no rhubarb scent 

 (P. M. B. xv. 97.) 



D. . glganteum (gigantic). JL from Sin. to Tin. across; sepals 

 and petals rose-purple ; lip same colour, fringed and marked at 

 the base with two purplish-red spots. Pseudo-bulbs much shorter 

 and thicker than in the type. Manilla. 



D. . Hnttooli (Button's). JL, sepals and petals pure white ; 

 lip downy, brilliant purple on the inside. This splendid, but rare, 

 variety is almost entirely without* the rhubarb scent of the type. 

 Malay Archipelago. There are two or three otber varieties. 

 D. Tattonianum (Tatton's). A synonym of D. c*malitvUt*m. 

 D taurinum (bull-beaded). JL, sepals yellowish-green; petals 

 deep purple, long, curling, and spread out like the horns of a bull 

 (whence the specific name); lip white, margined with purplish- 

 Autunm? A. 5ft Manila, 1337. A strong-growing stove 

 ; it is best grown in a pot 



'olinm (terete - leaved). JL white, numerous! v pro- 

 short bunches from the base of the pseudo-bulb ; lip 

 cspecks. October. Pseudo-bulbs smaUmuch jointed, 

 branching, bearing at their point* a solitary terete pendulous 



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ducedin 

 with black specks. 



