HORTUS VEITCH1I 



DENDEOBIUM x EUEYCLJEA. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xi. p. 503 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Orchid 



Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 358. 



Eaised from Dendrobium lituiflorum and D. Wardianum, the reverse of 

 the cross that produced D. X micans, and flowered for the first time in 

 1892, but now probably lost to cultivation. 



DENDKOBIUM x ILLUSTBE. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xviii. p. 15, fig. 4; Orchid Review, 1895, vol. iii. p. 243; Jour, 

 of Hort. 1895, June 27th, pp. 561, 566, fig. 99 ; Gard. Mag. 1895, June 29th, 

 p. 385, fig. 



The two species crossed are unusually dissimilar and have little in 

 common, though they both inhabit Burmese territory. Dendrobium 

 Dalhousieanum, introduced in 1837, has tall terete stems, leafy when 

 young, and D. chrysotoxum clavate pseudo-bulbs with a few leaves at 

 the top. In the hybrid the amalgamation of the two species is most 

 distinctly traceable. 



DENDEOBIUM x MENTOE. 



Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiii. p. 580 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid 



Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 189. 



Eaised by Seden from Dendrobium primulinum and D. superbum ; a 

 pretty hybrid with light rose-coloured flowers. 



DENDEOBIUM x MICANS, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xi. p. 332; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 89. 



Obtained from Dendrobium Wardianum crossed with D. lituiflorum, 

 and a very interesting hybrid and free grower. 



DENDEOBIUM x NIOBE. 



Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiii. p. 456 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid 



Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 146. 



From Dendrobium tortile and D. nobile, the latter, the pollen parent, 

 very much influenced the colour of the flowers ; these are bright rose- 

 purple and the lip has a deep maroon disc as in the pollen parent. 



DENDEOBIUM x OPHIE. 



Orchid Review, 1902, vol. x. p. 100. 



Eaised from Dendrobium aureum and D. signatum, the former being 

 the seed-bearer ; the flowers are of a charming tone of yellow, the lip 

 a deeper shade of colour and pubescent. 



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