DENDROBIUM 



DENDROBIUM 



985 



long, oblong-oval: racemes pendulous, 6-12-fld.; fls. 

 becoming orange-yellow with age, the disk deeper; 

 sepals ovate, about half as broad as the nearly orbicular 

 petals; lip with a pubescent disk. Burma and China. 

 B.R. 1695. B.M. 3643. G.C. III. 50:82. C.O. 33. 



SECTION VII. 



58. bicameratum, Lindl. (D. breviflbrum, Lindl. D. 

 cailibotrys, Ridley) . Pseudobulbs tufted, fusiform, up to 

 16 in. long: racemes short, fascicled, on the old pseudo- 

 bulbs; fls. yellow, the sepals and petals marked with 

 red spots in lines; lip cuneate, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 small acute, the middle lobe retuse, the callus fleshy, 

 papillate. Trop. Himalayas. 



SECTION VIII. 



59. macrophyllum, A. Rich. (D. Veitchianum, Lindl. 

 D. macrophyllum Veitchianum, Hook. f. D. ferox, 

 Hassk.). Pseudobulbs stout, clavate, up to 2 ft. long, 

 furrowed, narrowed below: Ivs. up to 1 ft. long: racemes 

 many-fld., erect; fls. about 2 in. across; sepals oblong- 

 ovate, hairy externally, pale yellowish green, larger 

 than the whitish spathulate petals; lip 3-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes round, purple-streaked, the middle lobe 

 broader than long, with radiating purple lines. New 

 Guinea, Java, Trinos, Philippines. B.M. 5649. H.F. 

 2:132. Var. stenopterum, Reichb. f. Fls. smaller, the 

 mentum much reduced, the sepals and petals ochre, 

 copiously dotted inside, marked outside with large 

 brown spots. 



SECTION IX. 



60. Kingianum, Lindl. Dwarf: pseudobulbs 2-3 

 in. long, attenuated upwards from a bulbous base, 

 2-5-1 vd.: racemes few-fld.; fls. nearly 1 in. across; sepals 

 and petals purple, the acute ovate sepals broader than 

 the petals; lip white, marked with purple, 3-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes obtuse, the middle lobe reniform, apicu- 

 late; spur yellow-tipped. Queensland. B.R. 31:61. 

 B.M. 4527. J.F. 2:143. C.O. 38. 



SECTION X. 



A. Sepals and petals undulate; ovary same 



color asfl 61. superbiens 



AA. Sepals and petals not undulate; ovary 



green 

 B. Fls. about 2 in. across; middle lobe of 



lip retuse; disk papillose 62. bigibbum 



BB. Fls. 2%-4 in. across; middle lobe of 



lip acute; disk smooth 63. Phalaenopsis 



61. superbiens, Reichb. f. (D. Gbldiei, Reichb. f. 

 D. Fitzgeraldii, F. Muell.). Fig. 1237. Pseudobulbs 

 up to 2^4 ft., cylindric, somewhat narrowed at both 

 ends, leafy above: peduncle nearly terminal, bearing a 

 nodding terminal raceme; fls. about 2 in. across, 

 crimson-purple, the sepals and petals often white- 

 bordered; sepals oblong, reflexed, undulate, narrower 

 than the obovate petals; lip 3-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 round, the middle lobe oblong, wavy, reflexed. Austral. 

 F.M. 1878:294. R. 1:39. G. 34:117. G.W. 14, p. 29. 

 G.C. 111.49:36. C.O. 15. 



62. bigibbum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs cylindric, some- 

 what fusiform, slender, up to 1J^ ft. long, leafy: pedun- 

 cle nearly terminal, slender, with a terminal many- 

 fld. raceme; fls. 1^-2 in. across, purple-magenta, the 

 lip darker; sepal oblong, acute, much narrower than 

 the nearly orbicular petals; lip 3-lobed, the lateral 

 lobes oblong, incurved, the intermediate one oblong, 

 reflexed; crest white, papillose. Austral. B.M. 4898. 

 F.S. 11:1143. Gt. 49:1473. Var. candidum, Reichb. f. 

 Fls. white. 



63. Phahen6psis, Fitzgerald. Fig. 1238. Pseudobulbs 

 slender, up to 2 ft. long, leafy above: peduncle terminal 

 or nearly so, slender, bearing a terminal raceme of 

 8-15 fls. which are 2^-3K in. across; sepals lanceo- 



late, acute, white, flushed pale rose, narrower than the 

 rhomboid orbicular mauve petals with deeper veins; 

 lip 3-lobed, the lateral lobes round, curved over the 

 column, maroon-purple, the middle lobe pale purple, 

 deeper veined. Austral. G.F. 5:440 (adapted in Fig. 

 1238). A.F. 16: 

 1442. B.M. 6817. 

 C.O. 4. Var.holo- 

 leuceum, Hort. 

 Fls. white. G.C. 

 111.28:23. Var. 

 Lindeniae, Hort. 

 Fls large, creamy 

 white. Var. 

 Rothschildianum, 

 Kranzl. Fls. 4 in. 

 across, the sepals 

 and petals white, 

 suffused rose, the 

 lip rose, intensely 

 veined. Var. 

 rubescens, Hort. 

 An exceptionally 

 dark form. Var. 

 Schrcederianum, 

 Hort. Sepals 

 white, the petals 

 and lip deep vio- 

 let. G.C. III. 28: 

 238. Var. splen- 

 dens, Hort. Fls. 

 bright magenta- 

 rose, white at 

 base of segms. 

 Var. Statteria- 

 num, Sander. Fls. 

 deep violet. Var. 

 thundersleyense, 



Hort. A dark- 

 colored form. 



1238. Dendrobium Phalaenopsis. ( X V\) 

 SECTION XI. 



A. Sepals and petals not yellow. 

 B. Pseudobulbs clavate, few-jointed. 

 c. Fls. single or in racemes of 2 or 8; 



sepals and petals contorted 64. 



CC. F Is. in 6- to many-fld. racemes; 



sepals and petals not contorted. 

 D. Lip white with a yellow spot; 



racemes loosely fld 65. 



DD. Lip entirely yellow; racemes 



densely fld 66. 



BB. Pseudobulbs cylindric, many-jointed. 

 c. Lip white, colored at base; sepals 



and petals white. 

 D. Middle lobe of lip broadly obcor- 



date, resembling the petals 67. 



DD. Middle lobe, of lip narrowly ob- 

 long, much different from petals.68. 

 CC. Lip rose with a large orange blotch; 



sepals and petals rose 69. 



AA. Sepals and petals yellow. 



B. Color pale straw-color, tinted with rose.70. 

 BB. Color clear yellow, not tinted. 



c. Raceme of 2-4 fls 71. 



CC. Raceme 10- to many-fld. 



D. Lip deeply fimbriate, the divisions 



ciliate 72. 



DD. Lip minutely fimbriate. 



E. Throat of lip marked with 



purple radiating lines 73. 



EE. Throat not lined. 



F. Petals about as wide as 



sepals 74. 



FF. Petals nearly twice as wide 



..75. 



tortile 



Palpebrae 

 thyrsiflorum 



Fytchianum 



leucolopho- 



[tum 

 Bronckartii 



Farmed 

 capillipes 



chrysotoxum 

 sulcatum 



densiflorum 



Griffithianum 



64. t6rtile, Lindl. Pseudobulbs up to 1 ft. long, 

 clavate. furrowed: fls. in 2's or 3's, sometimes solitary; 

 sepals and petals narrowly oblong, twisted, pale lilac; 



