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DENDROBIUM 



DENDROBIUM 



lip convolute at base, nearly orbicular, primrose-yel- 

 low, with a purple basal spot. Malay Penins. B.M. 

 4477. O.K. 8:201. Var. Dartoisianum, O'Brien (D. 

 Dartoisianum, De Wild) . Sepals and petals yellowish. 

 French India. 



65. Palpebrae, Lindl. Pseudobulbs up to 10 in. long, 

 clavate, 4-angled: racemes loosely 5-10-fld.; fls. white, 

 except the orange-yellow disk on lip; sepals oblong, 

 narrower than the oval petals; lip oblong, downy above, 

 fringed near the base. Burma, Siam, China. 



66. thyrsifldrum, Reichb. f. (D. densiflbrum dlbo- 

 luteum, Hook.). Pseudobulbs up to 2 ft. long, terete, 

 leafy: racemes pendulous, many-fld., lateral; fls. l%-2 

 in. across; sepals and petals white, nearly transpa- 

 rent, the sepals oblong-ovate, acute, narrower than the 

 nearly orbicular denticulate petals; lip orange-yellow, 

 downy, the blade nearly orbicular, fimbriate. Moul- 

 mein and Burma. O.R. 6:209. C.O. 18. Gn. 60, p. 

 282. Gt. 55, p. 98. J.H. 111.48:313. I.H. 22:207. G. 

 19:204. F.M. n. s. 449. Var. Walkerianum, Warner. 

 Pseudobulbs longer: fls. larger in longer racemes. 



67. Fytchianum, Batem. (D. barbdtulum, Batem., 

 not Lindl.). Pseudobulbs up to l^i ft. tall, slender, 

 erect: racemes 10-15-fld.; fls. lJ^-2 in. across, white, 

 except the rosy tint on sides of lip; sepals lanceolate, 

 about one-third as wide as the obovate petals; lip 

 3-lobed, the lateral lobes incurved, the middle lobe 

 broadly obcordate, with basal tufts of yellowish hair. 

 Burma. B.M. 5444. Var. rdseum, Berkeley. Fls. rose. 



68. Ieucol6photum, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs up to 

 1^2 ft- tall, rather stout: raceme nodding, many-fld., 

 1-sided, on a long peduncle; fls. about 1 in. across, 

 white, except the pale green on the side lobes and base 

 of lip; sepals oblong-linear, keeled, much narrower 

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

 incurved, the midlobe narrowly oblong. Malay 

 Archipelago. 



69. Bronckartii, De Wild. Pseudobulbs up to 3 ft. 

 long, furrowed, terete, leafy: racemes pendulous, 

 laxly many-fld.; fls. about 2 in. across, pale rose, 

 except an orange blotch on lip; sepals elliptic-oblong; 

 petals elliptic-ovate; lip nearly orbicular, denticulate, 

 the disk velvety. Annam. B.M. 8252. R.B. 33:369. 



70. Farmer!, Paxt. (D. Pdlpebrse, Hook, not Lindl.). 

 Pseudobulbs up to 13^ ft. tall, 4-angled, clavate, leafy: 

 racemes pendulous, laxly many-fld.; fls. about 2 in. 

 across; sepals and petals pale straw-color, tinted rose, 

 the sepals oblong, acute, narrower than the broadly 

 oval petals; lip nearly orbicular, deep yellow, downy 

 above. Sikkim to Nepal and Burma. B.M. 4659. 

 F.S. 7:741. J.F. 307. C.O. 30. Var. albifldrum, Hort. 

 Sepals and petals white. Var. atlreo-flavum, Hook. 

 Sepals and petals golden. 



71. capillipes, Reichb. f. Dwarf: pseudobulbs 2-3 

 in. long, fusiform: racemes few-fld.; fls. about 1J4 in. 

 across, golden yellow, with a deeper blotch on lip; 

 sepals lanceolate, acute, much narrower than the 

 broadly oval petals; lip with the blade about orbicular, 

 emarginate. Burma. B.M. 7639. Var. elegans, Reichb. 

 f . Pseudobulbs taller, and base of lip deeper yellow. 



72. chrysot6xum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs up to 1^ ft. 

 tall, clavate or fusiform: racemes drooping, many-fld.; 

 fls. about 2 in. across, golden yellow, except the red- 

 dish streaked orange-yellow disk on lip; sepals oblong- 

 elliptic, about half as broad as the obovate-oblong 

 petals; lip orbicular, fimbriate, pubescent on upper 

 surface. Burma. G. 18:465; 30:275. B.M. 5053. 

 I.H. 5:164. C.O. 11. Var. suavissimum, Hook. f. (D. 

 suavissimum, Hook. f.). Differs in its shorter, thicker 

 pseudobulbs, and the large chestnut spot on the lip. 

 Burma. Gn. 13:166. C.O. lla, 



73. sulcatum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs up to 10 in. long, 

 clavate, furrowed: racemes 10-15-fld., short, nodding; 

 fls. yellow, the lip deeper and purple-streaked; sepals 



oval-oblong, narrower than the ovate petals, lip broadly 

 ovate. Khasia Hills. B.R. 24:65. B.M. 6962. 



74. densiflorum, Wall. Pseudobulbs up to \ l /i ft. 

 tall, 4-angled, clavate, leafy : racemes pendulous, many- 

 fld.; fls. about 2 in. across; sepals and petals orange- 

 yellow, nearly transparent, the acute sepals oblong- 

 ovate, narrower than the denticulate nearly orbicular 

 petals; lip nearly orbicular, orange-yellow, downy 

 above. Nepal. B.R. 1828. B.M. 3418. F.S. 14: 1397. 

 G.W.I, p. 223. J.H. III. 51:123; 64:94. C.O. 14. 

 Var. Schrdederi, Hort. (D. densiflbrum Schrdederi, Hort. 

 D. densiflorum album, Hort.). Pis. larger in looser, 

 longer racemes, the sepals and petals white, the lip 

 deep orange, shading at margin to pale yellow. F.M. 

 502. A.G. 20:5. 



75. Griffithianum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs up to lJ/ ft. 

 tall, furrowed, attenuated below: racemes pendulous, 

 many-fld.; fls. about 2 in. across; sepals and petals 

 bright yellow, the sepals oblong-oval, narrower than 

 the nearly orbicular petals; lip orbicular, fringed, 

 papillose above. Burma. Var. Guibertii, Veitch 

 (D. Guibertii, Carr.). Fls. larger and more intensely 

 colored: pseudobulbs more abruptly narrowed below. 



SECTION XII. 



76. crumenatum, Swartz.. Pseudobulbs fusiform, 

 thickened above base, then attenuated: fls. appearing 

 successively in upper part of st., white, or suffused with 

 pale rose; sepals acute, the petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute; lip cuneate, the lateral lobes rounded, the mid- 

 dle lobe nearly orbicular, the disk with 5 keels. Malay 

 Archipelago. B.R. 25:22. B.M. 4013. 



D. acuminatum, Rolfe=Sarcopodium acuminatum. D. dm- 



Clum, Lindl. =Sarcopodium amplum. D. annamense, Rolfe. Fls. 

 uff-yellow, rather membranous. Annam. D. arcuatum, J. J. 

 Smith. Fls., white, with stout spurs curved forward at the tip. 

 Java. D. Ashworthiae, O'Brien. Fls. cream-white, except a few 

 purple streaks at base of lip, the sepals lanceolate or triangular, 

 the petals clawed. New Guinea. B.M. 8141. G.C. III. 29:86. 

 C.O. 39. D. otrovioloceum, Rolfe. Racemes many-fld., the fls. 

 about 3 in. across, the sepals and petals primrose-yellow, claret- 

 spotted, the lip 3-lobed, the disks violet, white-striped, the 

 middle lobe recurved, dark violet streaked white at base, the 

 upper part yellow, claret-spotted. New Guinea. B.M. 7371. 

 C.O. 12. O.R. 3:305; 9:152; 16:69. G.W. 14, p. 407. J.H.III. 

 50:355. D. belldtulum, Rolfe. Dwarf, tufted: fls. 1 or 2, 

 axillary, white with a vermilion lip. China. B.M. 7985. G.C. III. 

 36: 114. D. bicaudatum, Reinw. Sepals and petals whitish, chang- 

 ing to greenish yellow, with faint purple lines; lip elongated; white. 

 Java. C. Brdndtii, Kranzl. Resembles D. Phalaenopsis. Fls. 

 more fleshy, mauve-purple with silvery crests to the lip; sepals and 

 petals twisted or curled. D. capitulifldrum, Rolfe. Fls. in dense 

 axillary heads, greenish white, with column and disk of lip bright 

 green. New Guinea. D. cilidtum, Parish. Sepals and petals yel- 

 lowish green, the lip yellow, purple-lined. Moulmein. B.M. 5430. 

 G.W. 11, p. 340. Var. annamense, Hort. A white-fld. form with 

 fringed lip, purple at the base. Annam. D. Ccelogyne, Reichb. f.= 

 Sarcopodium Ccelogyne. C.O. 32. D. compdctum, Rolfe. A small- 

 growing species: sepals and petals pure white, linear, acuminate; 

 lip nearly as long as sepals, light green. China. D. convolutum, 

 Rolfe. Sepals and petals light green, with a few small dark brown 

 markings at the base; lip green and dark brown. New Guinea. D. 

 criniferum, Lindl. "Fls. lasting only a single day, whitish, with a 

 3-lobed lip which breaks up in front into a fringe of long spreading 

 yellow filaments." Malaya. G.C. III. 43: 194. D. cucumerinum, 

 M'Leay. Dwarf: Ivs. oblong, terete, with tubercles arranged in 

 lines: fls. 3-5, white or yellowish, purple-streaked. New S. Wales. 

 J.F. 4:358. B.M. 4619. D. delicdtulum, Kranzl=D. subacaule. 

 D. delicatum, Bailey. Sepals and petals milky white the lip white, 

 violet-lined, the callus golden, minutely violet-dotted New Guinea. 

 G. 34:245. D. epidendropsis, Kranzl. Resembling an epidendrum: 

 fls. greenish or yellow outside, yellow inside, about 1 % in. long. 

 Philippines. D. Faulhaberianum, Schltr. Fls. violet-rose; lateral 

 sepals forming a mentum scarcely Min- long. Hainan. D. fusifdrme, 

 Bailey=D. speciosum fusiforme D. glomeratum, Rolfe. Fls. rose- 

 purple, in few-fld. fascicles, the lip golden carmine. Molucca. Gn. 

 65, p. 123. D. Goldschmidtianum, Kranzl. Over a foot high : racemes 

 short, about 12-fld.; fls. deep rose-purple. Formosa. D. Htlde- 

 brandii, Rolfe. Racemes axillary, 3-4-fld.; sepals and petals 

 white, the lip primrose-yellow, the tube pubescent externally. 

 Burma. B.M. 7453. O.R. 3:49; 12:153; 16:26. D. Hodgkinsonii, 

 Rolfe. Raceme 5-7-fld., terminal; fls. pale green, the lip purple- 

 nerved. New Guinea. B.M. 7724. D.Imthurnii, Rolfe. Probably 

 the most robust of all dendrobiums in cult. : racemes axillary, many- 

 fld.; fls. of medium size, white, with lilac streaks on lateral lobes of 

 lip. New Hebrides. B.M. 8452. D. inxquale, Rolfe. Flowering 

 pseudobulbs separate from leafy ones, clavate, the fls. secund, 

 arising alternately from the margin of the internodes; sepals and 

 petals white, the lip tubular, pale yellow, purple-streaked inside. 



