DENDROBIUM. 



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Lobed, with a pale yellowish green transverse zone nearly mid-way 

 between the base and the anterior margin ; spur elongated, funnel- 

 shaped. Column dilated at the base. 



Dendrobium Dearei, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. XVIII. (1882), p. 361. Williams' 

 Orch. Alb. III. t. 120. 



This beautiful Dendrobe, a comparatively recent addition to the 

 genuSj was discovered by Colonel Deare, in 1882, on the island of 

 Dinagat, one of the Philippine group. It is abundant on several of 

 the small islets off the north-east coast of Mindanao, whence it has 

 since been imported in considerable quantities. It flowers in July 

 and August. 



D. densifiorum. 



Eudendrobium — Calostachyce. Stems clavate, four-angled, 12 — 18 inches 

 high, bearing at and below their apex three, sometimes more, elliptic- 

 oblong, acute, persistent leaves, 4 — 6 inches long. Racemes pendulous, 

 7 — 9 inches long, many-flowered. Flowers 2 inches across, on pedicels 

 spirally and closely arranged round the rachis ; sepals and petals of 

 semi-transparent texture, orange-yellow ; the sepals ovate-oblong, acute ; 

 the petals clawed, suborbicular with denticulate margin ; lip downy, 

 rich orange-yellow, with a convolute claw that gives the sub-orbicular, 

 fimbriate blade the form of a wide-mouthed funnel. 



Dendrobium densifiorum, "Wallich. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 99 (1831). Bot. 

 Reg. t. 1828 (1835). Bot. Mag. t. 3418. Paxt. Mag. Bot. V. p. 121 (1838). Van 

 Houtte's Fl. des Serves, t. 1397 (1861). 



var. — Schroederi. 



Stems angulate : racemes longer and looser, with larger flowers ; sepals 

 and petals French white, the deep orange of the lip shading off to 

 pale yellow at the anterior margin. 



D. densifiorum Schroederi, Hort, Fl. Mag. t. 502. D. densifiorum album, Hort. 



