Dendrobium Brymerianum is a magnificent and distinct species, having light 
green foliage, which is persistent, the stems being terete, swollen in the middle, and 
from a foot to two feet in height. Flowers two to three, proceeding from a short 
scape near the top of the stem, these are about three inches across, and of a beau- 
tiful golden yellow, the side lobes of the lip deeper in colour, and the front lobe 
somewhat triangular in outline, with a much-branched ciliolate fringe, which is longer 
than the lip itself. The plant now under consideration bloomed in March, and not 
long back a plant came under our notice in the month of December, indeed 
it appears to flower at various seasons of the year, and continues in full beauty 
for a long time. 
This species is free growing, if its wants are supplied, and these are very simple. 
We find small baskets or pans to suit it best, although we have seen it thriving 
well in pots. The soil should consist of good fibrous peat (from which all the fine 
particles have been shaken) and living sphagnum moss; the drainage also must be 
maintained exceptionally free, as the plant cannot abide anything sour about its 
roots in potting or basketing. The material should be built up into a cone-like 
mound above the level, and not too much soil should be used; by this plan the 
roots of the plant can either penetrate the soil or ramble on the outer surface; 
this latter many plants appear to enjoy. Large baskets are not necessary, as_ this 
plant does not require much soil about its roots; indeed, the less it has about them 
the better it appears to like it. The plant should be kept moist at the roots 
during the season of active growth, but when this is completed, all that is necessary 
is just sufficient- water, to keep the bulbs from shrivelling, for the drying-off system 
should not be carried to extremes. This plant is a native of Burmah, conse- 
quently we find the warmest house most genial to it; it should be suspended, say some 
eighteen inches from the glass, and very little shading given, even through 
the hottest part of the day in summer. A free circulation of air is essential, and the 
atmosphere should be well charged with moisture, 
