figured in the London Plor. and Bot. Magazines. 345 



boast of their collection of epiphytes. No plants would more 

 delight, either by their beauty or by their singularity, than this 

 highly interesting tribe. We look forward with much pleas- 

 ure to the time when they will be generally grown; and we can- 

 not but believe that the liberal proprietor of such an elegant resi- 

 dence as Belmont Place, or such an amateur lover of plants as 

 Mr. Knevels, of Newburgh, N. Y., will soon be induced to add 

 these to their already extensive collections. 



DENDRO'BIUM 



macrostachvum Lindl. Lons^-spiked Dendrobium. A pretty stove epiphyte ; growing one or two 

 feet high ; with yellow or pale sulphur flowers ; appearing in June ; a native of Ceylon. Bot. Reg. 



1865. 



Less beautiful than several other species, but requiring the 

 same treatment. The flowers appear in threes on a pendulous 

 rod-shaped stem. Dried specimens of this species were sent 

 from Ceylon to Dr. Lindley some years since. In looking over 

 these, he found a small blanched portion of a root, or pseudo 

 bulb ; this was fastened to the wall of a damp shady stove, in 

 the garden of the London Horticultural Society, where it soon 

 turned green, and began to grow. It was carefully tended, and 

 grew into a plant, which was separated and distributed. From 

 one of these plants this drawing was made last June. {Bot. 

 Reg., June.) 



EPIDE'NDRUM 

 armeniacum Lindl. Apricot-ro/occi? Epidendrum. A stove epiphyte; growing shout eight inchef 

 high; with orange-colored blossoms; appearing in June ; a native of Brazil. Bot. Reg. 1S67. 



Exhibited for the first time at one of the splendid displays of 

 flowers in the London Horticultural Society, last season, where 

 " in the midst of the dazzling scarlet or pink of various kinds of 

 Cacti, and surrounded by the brilliant pluming of Chinese azalea 

 flowers, that weighed down their graceful branches, which really 

 seemed as if they were proud of their lovely burden, from a 

 basket of humble moss, a little tuft of stems of this species was 

 seen to rear its modest head, as if in hopelessness of attracting 

 notice in so gay a company." This description would un- 

 doubtedly be considered as greatly exaggerated by those who are 

 only fond of showy flowers; but " the pleasing tint of its apricot- 

 colored petals, the elegant form of their slightly nodding or even 

 drooping clusters," will compensate for the absence of its 

 " gaudier rivals." The flowers appear in dense drooping ra- 

 cemes, and among the curious forms of the epiphytes, this must 

 have a fine effect. Imported and flowered by the Messrs. Rol- 

 Hnsons of Tooting. [Bot. Reg.., June.) 



Skinneri Bateman MSS. Mr. Skinner's Epidendrum. A stove epiphyte ; with greenish-white 

 flowers; appearing in July. Bot. Reg. 1870. 



" Not a pretty species," but desirable in a collection; intro- 

 duced in 1834, and flowered for the first time in July, 1835. 

 [Bot. Reg., June.) 



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