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DENDROBIUM WARDIANUM. 
Caule mediocriter gracilento nodato vulgo porrecto, foliis lanceo- 
latis acutis, floribus ex caulibus vetustis geminis ternisve, mento gibbo 
conico vulgo subbigibbo, sepalis oblongis obtusis acutiusculis, tepalis 
multo latioribus, labello oblongo minutissime lobulato, antice trian- 
gulo, circa columnam basi voluto, disco asperulo, basi tutnido. 
DROBIUM FALCONERI, b, Hook. B. Mag., 5058 ! 
DENDROBIUM FALCONERI OBTUSUM, Hort. fid. Warner and 
Williams Sel. Orch. L., xix ! 
DENDROBIUM W ARDIANUM. R. Warner Sel. Orch. I, xix! 
6, Lown, W. G. Sm, Floral Mag., 2 Ser, t. 212! (ab, exc. Sander 
benigne missum): caulo multo validiori, foliis amplioribus, floribus 
majoribus solitariis usque ternis, magis transversis, labello latiori, 
breviori, minus crenulato. 
I DROBIUM WARDIANUM GIGANTEUM, Warner, Williams, T. 
Moore, ‘Orch. Alb. IIL, 113! 
Huc D. NDROBIUM WARDIANUM CANDIDUM, Rchb. f,, Gard. Chr. 
N. S. v., 1876, April 8, 460. (Auctor non exc. Low, uti syaltett c 
Moore, qui amicum nostrum nomine Dendrobii Wardiani Lowii nescio 
quo jure privavit.) 
Flores albi. Apices sepalorum et tepalorum purpurei. Labelli 
discus aurantiacus maculis duabus atropurpureis, Limbi apex purpu- 
reus. Ingentem florem misit exc. Hart, Lee, Kent, 1879. 
Dendrobium Wardianum ex Assam, 6. Lowii ex Birma primum 
ab. exc. Low introductum. Hujus varietatis auctorum vix crediderim 
cl. W. G. Smith, cum hoc nomen planta jam a prima introductione, 
egic fallor a me, datum fuerit, ut herbarium meum probat. 
s queram quid typis impressum fuerit, 
Figure. Flos expansus. Labellum expansum, Linew juxta 
pedicellum menti figuram explicant. Column duz antice, una a latere. 
Pollinia bigemina. 
DENDROBIUM MELANOPTHALMUM, jam ab exc. Ch. Winn, in 
Gard. Chron., 1876, April 22, p. 438! indigitatum flores habet minores, 
maculas labclli minores, caulem minorem erectum magis nodatum. 
Plante hic depict a me non vise improbe simile. Plante genuine 
sunt figura analytica. H. G. Rehb. f. 
THE person who first succeeded in introducing Den- 
drobium Wardianum from Assam was Mr. T. Ward, 
of Southampton, who flowered it in 1858. At first 
it was thought to be simply a form of D. Falconeri, 
also a native of North East India, principally on 
account of similarity of the flower colouring, but the 
flower structure and habit of growth were found to 
be widely different. It remained a rarity for years, indeed it was not until it was discovered in a new locality that a 
plentiful supply of plants arrived in this country. This new locality was in Burmah, the original habitat being Chuca, 
in Assam. Although the plants from these two localities represent substantially the same species, there is sufficient 
difference between them to justify us in regarding them as varieties. The original Assamese form is characterised by 
having more slender and more pendulous pseudo-bulbs than the Burmese form, whose pseudo-bulbs hold themselves 
almost erect, and moreover are larger, longer and altogether more vigorous. 
It is not a difficult Orchid to import and the plants invariably arrive in good condition if collected at the right 
season. Collectors go first to Rangoon, then by steamer up the Irrawaddy to Bhamo, which town they make their head- 
quarters. Before the annexation of Burmah by the British, collectors were not allowed outside the walls of Bhamo, 
consequently they had to send natives to the mountains to gather the plants. Considering the quantities that have been 
imported to this country, very few distinct varieties have appeared, although there is considerable variation in individual 
plants as regards size of the flowers and depth of colouring, and a pure albino (candidum) has occurred. 
Dendrobium Wardianum is of easy culture, being of free growth and very floriferous. It delights in a hot 
and moist atmosphere while in active growth, therefore the hottest Orchid house suits it. Immediately after the plants 
have flowered they should be placed in fresh soil; at that time the new growths will be pushing up, so that the plants 
require a high temperature, with a moist atmosphere and an abundant supply of water. The temperature of the house 
may even rise to 85 deg. or go. deg. Fahr. during the daytime with sunheat, provided ample moisture is given. Little or 
no shading is required if the house is ventilated during the hottest part of the day. About August or September the 
bulbs will be fully developed and the plants should be removed to a cool and airy house and kept perfectly dry through 
the winter. The temperature during the resting period should range within a few degrees of 50 deg. but not lower. When 
the flower buds appear in early spring the plants should have a warmer temperature, of about 60 deg. This Dendrobe 
may be grown cither in pots or baskets, preferably the latter, as the growths, being somewhat pendulous, display them- 
selves better in suspended baskets than in pots, beyond which there is the convenience of hanging the plants near the 
roof. Finely grown pseudo-bulbs range from 3 feet to even 4 feet in height, and about two inches in circumference. The 
flowers are produced in clusters of two and three on the leafless pseudo-bulbs formed the preceding season. 
Drawn from a plant in the possession of G, Hardy, Esq., Pickering Lodge, Timperley, Cheshire. 
