Swan, when at Fallowfield, Manchester; this also is from the same parents as the above. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence has also been a successful hybridiser of Dendrobiums, and we 
have seen some exquisite flowers in his garden at Burford Lodge, Dorking, which 
we hope to be able to figure, and lay before our readers in the early future. 
The plant, however, whose portrait we here lay before our subscribers, is the 
result of a cross between Dendrobium Findlayanum and D. aureum, and is at once 
beautifully chaste and very distinct. The plant was fertilised in the collection of 
Oscar Schneider, Esq., of Fallowfield, Manchester, and the seedlings were raised by 
Mr. . Holmes, gardener to C. Moseley, Esq., at Grangethorpe, Rusholme, Manchester, and 
it is through the kindness of Baron Schroeder, The Dell, Staines, that we have been 
afforded the opportunity of laying its beauties before our readers. 
Dendrobium Schneiderianum is a plant having much the character and appearance 
of its first-named parent, D. Findlayanum, in habit of growth, and its flowers are 
large and showy, mostly produced in pairs on long pedicels; the sepals and petals 
are sub-equal, having the ground colour creamy white, tipped with rosy purple; 
the lip is half-rounded at the base, with an acuminate point, which is also rosy purple, 
behind which is a white zone; the base of the lip is downy, rich orange-yellow, 
bearing numerous veins and streaks of orange or purple. The plant is deciduous in 
habit, losing all its leaves before flowering, but so freely are the blooms produced, 
that one does not appear to notice the deficiency. The plant appears to be 
somewhat strong in constitution, and will doubtless become stronger as it increases 
in age. It should be planted in good peat fibre and sphagnum moss, using 
some moderate-sized nodules of charcoal to keep the whole open and free; this 
soil requires to be made firm, and the drainage must be perfect. We have 
found it to thrive best when treated as a basket plant, and hung up near the 
glass. During the growing season it requires an ample supply of water to its 
roots, and moisture in the atmosphere, but after the pseudobulbs are mature, 
and the leaves begin to fall, less heat and less water will be necessary, indeed, 
very little water should be given during winter. At the latter part of winter 
or early in spring, the plants should be watched for the pushing out of the 
flowers, and upon these becoming visible, gentle waterings should be given, and the 
temperature in which the plant was wintered may be raised a few degrees. 
