Plate 132. 



DENDROBIUM FAEMERI 



Mr. Farmer^ 8 Bendrobmm. 



Gen. Char. {Vide sitpra^ Plate 105-) 



dobulbosi 



apice foliosiSj foliis 2-4 ovatis coriaceis striatis^ racemis lateralibus multifloris penclulis, brac- 

 teis parvis ovatis concavis^ sepalis (albo-flavescentibus roseo-tinctis) late ovatis obtnsisj pctu- 

 lis conformibus (ejusdemque coloris) majoribus, labello majore (pallide flavo disco luicu) 

 rhomboideo obtusissimo unguiculato lato supra pubescente margine denticuLito. 



Dendrobium Farmeri. Paxton^ Mag. of Botany ^ v. 15, cum Ic. Bot, Mag. t 4Co9. 



A most delicate and lovely Dendrobimn, sent in 1847 by Dr. M'Clelland, from [hv 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden, to the late W. G. Farmer, Esq., after whom it was named. 

 Mr. Paxton observes, that " in habit and appearance the plant very much rcsemblcf 

 Dendrobium densiflorum,'' " but the stems are more angular, and the flower-scape is Ic^s 

 densely laden with bloom ; the flowers, too, are altogether different." The flowers, 

 however, are more different in colour than they are in shape; still there is no dif- 

 ficulty in distinguishing the species. It flowers freely in May, and requires the sanif* 

 treatment as B. densiflonnn and other kinds with clavate stems. 



Descr. Stems elongated club-shaped, jointed and deeply sulcated, growing in 

 clusters ; at the base they swell out into a kind of pseudobulb, scarcely so hrgc as a 

 hazel-nut. The young stems bear from two to four spreading, ovate, coriaceous or 

 fleshy leaves at the top, acute, striated ; the old stems throw out pendulous racemes 

 from near the summit, which exceed, the stems in length. Flowers numerous, but 

 rather lax. Bracteas small, ovate, concave. Sepals very patent, broad, ovate, obtuse, 

 pale straw-colour, delicately tinged with rose. Petals of the same colour and form. 

 but larger, spreading. Lip moderately large,- pale straw-colour, the whole disk orange- 

 yellow, broadly rhomboid, very obtuse, downy above, the base contracted into a claw, 

 and above the claw the margin is on both sides folded and sinuatcd ; the base above 

 bears an oblong flattened tubercle. Column very short, terminated by the obtusely 

 conical anther-case : the lower part of the column is extended downwards, so as to 

 form an obtuse spur to the labellum. 



■^'ig. 1. Side view of a column^ with anther-case and 

 lum -.--magnified. 



