DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM. 
[PLatE 398. | 
Native of Burmah. 
Epiphytal. Stem-like Sa Senate tufted, stoutish in the middle, tapering at 
both ends, from a foot to two feet in length. Leaves distichous, lanceolate acuminate, 
persistent, some five inches long, and deep green above, paler beneath. emes 
axillary, confined to near the summit of the pseudobulbs, few-flowering, each flower 
measuring about three inches across. Sepals and petals about equal, oblong obtuse, 
entire, bright golden yellow; lip triangular cordate, three-lobed, lateral lobes turned 
upwards, deep orange, bordered with a_ short flexuose hairy fringe, anterior lo 
ovate-obtuse, greenish yellow with a papillose disc, this is bordered by a very lon 
fringe of branched flexuose ciliolate processes of golden yellow, which are acoak 
the longer at the end of the lip, becoming shorter as they ascend towards the 
side lobes. 
DenpropiumM BrymertanuMm, feichenbach fil., Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.s., xi., p. 
474, f. 65. Ibid, xvi., p. 688, f. 140. Botanical Magazine, t. 6383. Floral Magazine, 
N.S., t. 459 Lindenia. iv., t. 1838.  Veitch’s Manual 4 Orchidaceous Plants, iii, 
p- 24. Williams’ Orchid-Growers Manual 6 ed., p. 273 
The plant whose portrait we have here the pleasure of laying before our readers, 
is one of the most beautiful, and perhaps most extraordinary, of the whole Orchid 
family, the long ciliolate fimbriation of its lip rendering it quite exceptional; upon 
its first flowering it caused quite .a sensation and a surprise to everyone. There 
have been many importations said to be this species, but very many of these have 
proved to be the worthless variety named histrionicum. We say worthless advisedly, 
from many of our readers writing to us asking what is the matter with their D. 
Brymerianum, conclude with the statement that its flowers have fallen before opening. 
- Now this is the peculiarity of the variety hirstrionicum besides having very inferior 
blooms, the flowers are self-fertilizing, and this causes them to fall before they expand. 
This form is difficult to discover before flowering, but its pseudobulbs are shorter, and 
they- are stouter than those of the true plant; in fact, we do not remember to have 
seen a Brymerianum with long bulbs prove to be of the spurious form. The typical — 
plant is another amongst the many wonderful new species introduced from Rormah by 
by the Messrs. Low & Co., of Clapton, and was first flowered by W. E. Brymer, ee 
of Ilsington House, Dorchester, and in whose honour it was named by the late. ee 
Professor. Reichenbach; but it has since then been flowered by many ( ° ~~ rs. ae 
Our drawing was taken from a plant in the collection of E. G. Wrigley, Esq. 
Victoria House, Dukinfield, Cheshire, whose Orchids are in ee — and where : 
= rare oe are to be found. | : 
