Plate 147. 



DENDEOBIUM SENILE 



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White-Jiaired Bendrohmm. 



Gen. Char. {Vide anj^ra^ Pi^vte 102.) 



Dendkobi 



lupemo 



rum 



ex pscn 



ao. 



bulbis vetustis^ sepalis ligulatis acutis^ petalis cimeato-obbngis acutis^ labello medio tri1<>T)o, 

 lobis lateralibus semiovatis obtusis^ lobo medio acutOj callo subtiliter trisulcnto in buisi^ disco 

 anteposito velutino^ columna apice tridentata, Relchenhachyfl. 



Dkndrgbium senile. Parish, mss. 



fil 



ri> 



Dendrob 



place 



r 



pied by Cereus senilis uiuoug succulents muy be claiuicd for 



itcd as black 



lined to the 



Orchids, ivhite hairs, which are inevitably 



Plate, being profusely scattered over its stems 



These, j 



lasting yellow blossoms, render the species at once a singular and attractive plan 



It blossomed at Knypersley in April, 1865, and from the flowers then prod 



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com 



pared with the wild specimens kindly 

 ing figure was prepared. 



It 



t by Messrs. H. Low and Co., the accompany- 

 delicate, slow-grrowins species, and should be 



placed 



shallow pot 



block of 



nded near the gl 



amongst the most 

 Rev. C. S. Parish i 



kable of the very many interesting.,plant8 disco 



It is 

 by the 



Moulm 



Des 



short white hairs 



Stems spindle-shaped, about six inches long, covered 



bearing 



or 



leathery 



than the stems and sharp-pointed. Flowers in pairs or occasionall) single, fi 



are shorter 



)m the 



Petals 



of the stem, fleshy and of a rich yellow colour throughout. Seyal 



than the sepals, and somewliat cuncute. scarcely 



long. 



Lip 



be 



very deeply) three-Iobed, the lateral lobes obtuse 



is acute; 



base th 



er 



faintly three-furrowed, with a few oiungc 



streak 



1 



adiating from 



Column three-toothed at its apex 



J.B 



> 



Fig. 1. Lip and column, seen nearly in fvoni i—mn<j in ft P'1 



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