ORCHID SPECIES 



DENDEOBIUM MESOCHLOEUM, Lindl. 



Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 36 ; Paxt. PI. Gdn. vol. i. p. 63, fig. 43 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. 



PI. pt. iii. p. 61. 



This very desirable plant bearing flowers with a violet-like perfume was 

 introduced from India, through Thomas Lobb, who gave no locality. 



DENDEOBIUM MOOEEI, F.Mwill. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. x. p. 139; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 61. 



A small white-flowered species sent to us in 1878 by Mr. Charles Moore, 

 Director of the Botanic Gardens at Sydney, New South Wales, to whom 

 it is dedicated. A native of Lord Howe's Island, it was discovered in 1869 

 by Mr. Fitzgerald, author of an illustrated work on the Australian 

 Orchids. 



DENDEOBIUM PALPEBE^E, Lindl. 



Lindl. in Jour. Linn. Soc. x. p. 33 (1849) ; Paxt. PI. Gdn. 1850-1851, i. p. 48 ; Veitchs' 

 Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 67. 



Introduced in 1849 from Moulmein through Thomas Lobb. 



The specific name Palpebrae, " eye-lids," refers to the fringe of long 

 hairs like eye-lashes near the base of the lip. It is found sparingly in 

 Burmah, varying in colour from white to dark rose. 



DENDEOBIUM PETEI, Echb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. vii. p. 107. 



Introduced by Peter C. M. Veitch, who discovered it in Polynesia, in a 

 locality not recorded, and after whom it was named by Dr. Eeichenbach : 

 probably now lost to cultivation. 



DENDEOBIUM POLYCAEPUM, Echb. /. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xx. p. 492. 



This species, introduced from the Sondaic area by Curtis, does not 

 appear to be now in cultivation. The flowers are often self-fertilized, 

 and an abundance of seed-capsules produced ; hence the specific name. 



DENDEOBIUM PE.ECINCTUM, Echb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. iii. p. 750. 



A small species of botanical interest only, introduced with an impor- 

 tation of Dendrobium Devonianum, and apparently not now in cultivation. 



DENDEOBIUM SUBCLAUSUM, Bolfe. 



Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, October, 1894 ; Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xviii. p. 655 (Report of 

 R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



A brilliantly coloured and remarkable species introduced from the 



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