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DENDROBIUM 



DENDROBIUM 



DUD. Petals and sepals rose-color. 



43. ndbile, LiniU. Fig. 691. Stems stout: Ivs. oblong; 

 sepals and petals white, suffused with rose at the apices; 

 labeilum white, with a blotch of amethyst-purple at dis- 

 tal end, throat dark crimson. Himal., China. G.C. II. 

 11:505; III. 23:341. J. H. III. 34:295. R.B. 23:25. A.P. 

 4:415; 13:620. 



Var. nobllius, Hort., has larger fls., which are more 

 intense in color, the sepals and petals pale only at the 

 base. I.H. 42:30. 



Var. CooksoniJlnum, Hort., is a pelorian form, the 

 petals having acquired at the base the rich coloring so 

 characteristic of the labeilum. Gn. 55, p. 445. 



Var. Balle^num, Hort. Sepals and petals white; la- 

 beilum yellowish, with pale crimson blotches on either 

 side of the throat. Sikkim. 



691. Dendrobium nobile. 



D. AinswortMi, Moore, is a beautiful and popular hy- 

 brid of JK heterocarpum and D. vobile. Blossoms iu 

 small, lateral racemes ; sepals and petals white ; lip 

 with a feathered, purple blotch, white. Gn. 51, p. 338. 

 G.C. II. 10:024. 



44. Untiwianum, Reichb. f. Stems long, clavate: Ivs. 

 narrow, several inches long: sepalsoblong; petalsovate, 

 white at base, otherwise rosy mauve; distal end of la- 

 beilum pale mauve, anteriorportion white, with 2 mauve 

 spots. China, Jap. B.M. 4153. 



45. Pirishii, Reichb. f. Stems thick : Ivs. oblong- 

 lanceolate: sepals and petals rose-mauve; labeilum or- 

 bicular, amethyst-purple, blotched on each side with 

 maroon. Burma. B.M. 5488. 



40. Findleyanum, Parish & Reichb. f . Stems shining, 

 yellowish, internodes slender : Ivs. oblong-lanceolate : 

 fls. large, in pairs ; lateral sepals and petals ovorlapping, 

 pale pink-lilac ; labeilum yellow margined with white. 

 Burma. B.M. 6438. Gn. 49:1070. 



47. t6rtile, Lindl. Stems clavate, irregular when old: 

 Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, about 3 in. long: fls. 3 in. across; 

 sepals and petals pink-lilac; labeilum pale yellow, with 

 a deep crimson blotch in the throat. Burma. B.M. 4477. 

 — Var. rdseum, Hort. Fls. delicate rose color. The next 

 is very similar. 



cc. Zivs. (lecidiions. 



48. ilbo-sangulneum, Lindl. Stems about 1 ft. high, 

 stout: Ivs. liui'ai-laiici'ohite: fls. 2 or 3 together, 2-3 in. 

 across, whitish: |.etals streaked with red at the base ; 

 labeilum with 2 blotches iu the middle. Burma. A.F. 

 11:1350. B.M. 5130. 



49. rhodopterjgium, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs cylin- 

 dric, erect, about 1 ft. long : Ivs. linear-lanceolate : 

 about 2 in. across ; sepals oblong-lanceolate ; 

 petals ovate, both pale purple mottled with white; 

 labeilum crimson-purple, striated, bordered with 

 white. Burma. — Supposed natural hybrid between 

 D. Parishii and D. Pierardi. 



BBB. Pseudobulbs drooping, 

 c. Jji's. persistent : fls. yellow. 



50. heteroc4rpum, Wall. [D. aureum, 

 Lindl.). Stems erect, attenuated at base, 

 or nearly so: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate: sepals 

 and petals pale yellow ; labeilum orange- 

 yellow, blotched and streaked with crimson. 

 Assam, Khasia Hills, Nepal, Philippine 

 Isls. B.M. 4708. 



51. Biickeri, Lindl. Pseudobulbs slender, 

 about 1% ft. long, attenuated below: Ivs. 

 linear-lanceolate : fls. either solitary or in 

 pairs; lateral sepals triangular; sepals and 

 petals yellowish; labeilum with white lateral 

 lobes streaked with rose, yellow. Philip- 

 pine Isls. 



52. lasiogldssum, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs 

 about iVg ft. long', attenuate above and be- 

 low: Its. lanceolate : fls. \}4 in. across, in 

 2's or 3's, white ; lateral lobes of labeilum 

 lined with red. Burma. 



53. dqueum, Lindl. Pseiidobulbs decumbent: Ivs. 

 ovate-obloiig : fls. solitary or in pairs, yellowish 

 white, with a yellow disk on the labeilum; upper 

 sepal elliptic-oblong, acute; lateral sepals falcate; 

 petals ovate. Nilghri Hills, India. 



cc. Leaves deciduous. 

 D. Flowers yellow. 



54. chrys^nthum, Lindl. {D. Pdxtonii, Lindl.), Pseu- 

 dobulbs slender, tall, flexuose, leafy to the base. Ivs. 

 ovate-lauceolate : fls, yellow ; sepals oblong ; petals 

 broader, oval, denticulate; labeilum orbicular, fringed, 

 throat maroon-purple, base infolding the column. 

 Burma. B.R. 15:1299. G.C. IIL 15:5G5. 



55. ochreitum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs with swollen 

 joints : Ivs. narrowly-ovate: fls. in pairs; sepals and 

 petals about equal, golden yellow ; labeilum orbicular- 

 concave, yellow, with maroon-purple blotch. India. 

 B.M. 4450. 



DD. Fls. white or pinkish. 

 E. Lahellum gJandular, ciliate. 



56. L6ddigeBii, Rolfe (D. pHlch4lhim,ljodd.). Habit 

 dense, dwarf: stems very slender, 3-4 in. long: Ivs. ob- 

 long-lanceolate: fls. on slender pedicels, solitary ; se- 

 pals and petals pale pink or rose-lilac ; labeilum with 

 an orange-yellow disk bordered with rnse-lilac. India. 

 '^iit D. pulcheUitm, Roxburj^h, for which species it often 

 passes in gardens. B.M. 5037. 



57. Devonlanum, Past. Stems pendulous, about 3 ft. 

 long: Ivs. linear-lanceolate: sepals and petals white. 



