HORTUS VEITCHII 



DENDEOBIUM KUHLII, Lindl. 



Lindl. Bot. Eeg. 1847, t. 47. 



Introduced from Java by Thomas Lobb, but does not appear to have 

 lived long in cultivation, or to have excited much interest. 



DENDEOBIUM LASIOGLOSSUM, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 682 ; id. 1869, p. 277 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5825; Veitchs' Man. 



Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 52. 



Discovered in the forests of Burmah by Colonel Benson, and sent to 

 Chelsea and to the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, where it flowered for the 

 first time in February 1868. 



The specific name refers to the hairy lip or labellum. 



DENDEOBIUM LEUCOLOPHOTUM, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xviii. p. 552 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. iii. p. 53. 



Introduced through Curtis from the Malay Archipelago, the precise 

 locality being unknown. 



Its chief value is the habit of flowering during November and December, 

 when few other Dendrobes are in bloom. 



The specific name is from the Greek, " a tuft of long white hair," 

 and refers to the long onersided racemes of white flowers, which bear 

 a fancied resemblance to a horse's mane. 



DENDEOBIUM LINEALE, Bolfe. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. vi. p. 381. 



A species introduced from New Guinea, and flowered for the first time in 

 October 1889 : the name lineale, " consisting of lines," was suggested by 

 the numerous lines on the lips of the flower. 



DENDEOBIUM MACEOPHYLLUM, A. Bich., var. HUTTONI. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of New PI. for 1869, p. 24. 



A white variety of the type, now rare in cultivation. The plants were 

 sent from the Moluccas by Hutton, after whom it was named. 



DENDEOBIUM MACEOPHYLLUM, A. Bich., var. VEITCHIANUM. 



Syns. D. Veitchianum, Lindl. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5649 ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, sub t. 25 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. 



p. 60. 



Sent to Exeter in 1846 by Thomas Lobb, who found it in the hottest 

 jungles in the island of Java. 



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