DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM Rehb. f 
DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM. (Dendrocoryne inflorescentia laterali). Caule teretiusculo sulcato supra basin pseudo-bulboso ampliato per breve 
spatium (tripollicare) ; foliis cuneato-oblongis acuminatis pergameneis ; racemo laterali paucifloro ; bracteis triangulis ovario pedicellato prope media attin- 
gentibus, floribus aureis ; mento obtuso parvo ; sepalis ligulatis obtuse acutis ; petalis paullo latioribus ; labello oblongo ligulato acuto angusto ; nunc medio 
utrinque, subangulato per discum et antice papilloso aspero ; basin versus inflexo ciliato ; lateribus anterioribus longe ciliato fimbriato ; fimbriis longis sub- 
ramosis ; columna subtriandra ima basi subtriangulo exsecto, 
DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM, Rchb. f, in Gard. Chron., Sept. 11, 1875, p. 323; id. March 18, 1876, p. 366; id, Nov. 26, 1881, p. 689, fig. 140 ; 
Orchidophile, 1881, p. 148; Lindenia, iv., t. 183 ; Floral Mag,, n. s. 1881, t. 459; Bot. Mag,, t. 6383. 
Tcones analytic. Flos explanatus. Columna a latere et antice, 
Wuen Dendrobium Brymerianum flowered for the first time about fifteen years ago in the collection of Mr. W. E. 
Brymer, of Ilsington House, near Dorchester, it created one of those sensations which occasionally diffuse themselves 
throughout the orchidaceous world. A brief and interesting story is told in connection with the introduction of this 
species. It is a native of Burmah, and orchid-collecting in that country some years ago was by no means an agreeable 
occupation. The collectors had a warm time of it in more ways than one, owing to the rivalry of the missionaries estab- 
lished there, and who knew the value of orchids to some extent. They did not accord a genial welcome to a stranger in 
search of them; indeed, they forbade him to leave the town of Bhamo, and he was, therefore, obliged to hire natives to 
procure plants. It may be readily imagined that the collector was not always in the best humour, having nothing to do 
all day long, but flying from one to another of the four gates by which the town of Bhamo was entered, in the hope of 
secing one of his agents approaching with the much wished for plants. The proceedings were occasionally enlivened 
when one of the said agents was intercepted just outside the gates, and had all his plants taken away from him. These 
little incidents often led to anything but edifying scenes between the collector and the missionaries or their agents, 
However, some orchids—among them D. Brymerianum—were sent to England, probably by the missionaries, No 
descriptions being given, the plants were consequently sold cheap, nobody suspecting for a moment that anything 
remarkable was among them. Mr. Brymer was fortunate to obtain some of these, and we can understand his feelings 
when he saw the plant, which has immortalised his name in orchid circles, open its extraordinary flowers, which are 
rendered remarkably distinct by the long, branching filaments of the lip, so well shown in our analytical drawing. In the 
spring the deep, golden-yellow flowers of D. Brymerianum are generally borne in fascicles of twos and threes near the 
top of the stem. It is nothing unusual, however, where there are many specimens, some of which may have been 
recently imported, to find this species in flower at nearly all seasons of the year. The stems or pseudo-bulbs are 
cylindrical and tapering at each end, more or less furrowed, according to age, and varying in height from one and a half 
to two feet, the young stems being clothed with lanceolate-acuminate leaves from two to five inches long. 
Only one variety of D. Brymerianum, viz., histrionicum, has yet been recorded, and this is so inferior to the 
species that it has been boycotted by cultivators, Nevertheless, it occasionally finds its way into collections, and may be 
distinguished from the type by its shorter and stouter stems and smaller, dull yellow flowers, the lips of which possess 
little or none of the extraordinary fringe which is the peculiar and interesting characteristic of the true D. Brymerianum. 
Plants of this species should be grown in pots, which should be filled for about two-thirds their depth with clean 
crocks.. The roots should be firmly secured in a compost of fibrous peat and moss, with the addition of a little charcoal. 
If inclined to be top-heavy, the stems may be kept erect by means of thin stakes, which should be painted green, as they 
ane then less noticeable. Being a native of Burmah, it is, therefore, necessary to maintain a moist atmosphere, with a 
temperature of 60 to 65 deg. F. in winter, and 65 to 70 deg. in summer. Plenty of light, without, however, running the 
risk of having the plants scorched by the sun in summer, must also be given and a moderate supply of air. This species 
‘requires little rest ; attention must, consequently, always be paid to watering, the supplies being regulated according to 
the rapidity of growth and to external circumstances. 
Our plate is from a plant in the collection of Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, 
