DENDROBIUM. 



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DENDROBIUM PIBRARDII. 



D. Pierardii, Eoxh. — A delicately pretty species of decidu- 

 ous habit, useful on account of its flowering during the winter 

 and spring months. The 

 stems are long (in its 

 native country six feet), 

 moderately slender, te- 

 rete, drooping, furnished 

 with lanceolate acumi- 

 nate leaves, and flowering 

 in the same way as D. 

 superhum, that is in fas- 

 cicles of two blossoms 

 from each node through 

 the greater part of the 

 length of the stem. The 

 flowers are transparent blush white, with a spathulate pale 

 yellow lip, having the involute claw feathered with purple 

 lines ; they last three weeks in beauty. It requires the same 

 treatment as I), superbum. — India : Chittagong. 



YlG.—Bot. Mag., t. 2584 ; Hook. Ex. Fl., t. 9 ; Loddiges, Bat. Cab., t. 750 ; 

 Bjt. Reg., t. 1760. 



D. Pierardii latifolium, Hort. — In this variety the stems 

 are stouter and darker in colour, and the flowers, though of 

 the same form and colour, are much finer than in the type ; 

 it blooms in April and May. It requires the same treatment, 

 and is a useful plant for exhibition. — India. 



Fig.— Fl. des Serves, t. 955. 



D. primulimim, Lindley. — A beautiful free-flowering deci- 

 duous species, of pendulous growth ; the stems terete and 

 clustered, furrowed, a foot or more in length, the young ones 

 leafy at the top, the few leaves being oblong obtuse and 

 obliquely emarginate. The flowers are solitary, the oblong 

 sepals and petals white tipped with pink, the broadly obovate 

 downy lip pale sulphur yellow, its sides convolute at the 

 base and streaked with purple ; they are produced in two 

 rows along the stem in April and May, and last in perfection 

 ten days. This species is best grown in a basket with 

 sphagnum, and makes a fine plant for exhibition. — India. 



Fig.— Gartenjora, t. 326 ; Bat. Mag., t. 5003. 

 Syn. — D. nobile pallidiflorum, 



D. primulinum giganteum, Hort. — A magnificent variety, 

 the flowers of which are very large, white tipped with pink, the 



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