ORCHID SPECIES 



1900. The sepals and petals are white, and the front lobe of the lip 

 reddish-orange. 



It flowered for the first time in this country in the Royal Gardens, Kew 



DENDBOBIUM BENSON^, Bchb. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5679 ; Fl. Mag. t. 355 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. iii. p. 22, with fig. ; 

 Orchid Review, 1903, vol. xi. p. 241, fig. 40. 



Sent to us in 1866 from British Burmah by Colonel Benson, and named 

 after Mrs. Benson at the Colonel's request ; one of the best white- 

 flowered Dendrobes in the section to which it belongs. 



There are several varieties referable to this species, differing mainly in 

 robustness of habit, size of flower, and lip-marking. 



DENDEOBIUM BIGIBBUM, Lindl., var. SUPEBBUM, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. x. p. 748 ; Fl. Mag. n.s. pi. 229 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. 



PI. pt. iii. p. 23. 



A variety, with larger flowers more brightly coloured than those of the 

 type, discovered by the late John Gould Veitch, in 1865, on Mount 

 Adolphus, near Torres Strait, and through him introduced. It flowered 

 for the first time in December 1878. 



At the same time the discoverer sent the first large importation of 

 Dendrobium bigibbum ever received in this country. 



DENDBOBIUM BINOCULABE, Bchb. /. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 785 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 24. 



Sent to us from British Burmah in 1868 by Colonel Benson, who found 

 plants growing on hills eastward of Prome : it is now but rarely seen in 

 British collections. The specific name refers to the two " eyes " or 

 blotches on the labellum. 



DENDBOBIUM CANALICULATUM, B. Br. 



Syns. D. Tattonianum, Batem. 

 (Jard. Chron. 1865, p. 890 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5537 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 26. 



Introduced in 1865 by the late John Gould Veitch, who discovered it at 

 Endeavour Creek, York Peninsula, in North-East Australia, and very 

 noticeable on account of its pseudo-bulbous stem, its deep-coloured lip, 

 and the fragrance of its flowers. 



DENDBOBIUM CEBINUM, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xii. p. 554. 



Collected in the Malayan Archipelago and introduced to cultivation by 

 F. W. Burbidge. 



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