DENDROBIUM DEAREI. 



[Plate 120.] 



J^ative of Mindanao, Fhilippina Islands 



Epiphytcal, Stems stoutish 



iiy 



two to three feet high, 



■k 



b 



numerous furrows, and invested by the shenthing leaf bases. Leaves Ai 

 oblong-liguhite, emarginate at the apex, leathery in texture, two iix-ln'S 



or more jn 



lengtli, sub-deciduous. Racemes numerous (six to nine) on one stem, issninir f 

 the u 



termin 



ppermost joints, each bearing from ten to eighttcu flouirs, termiTial or fiuh- 



Flowers three 

 iched by three-winged 



hos 



pure white, 



dingly 



and dclicitf, 



'pais lunceohite, aeuminato, keeled; petals rhomboid - 



anterior part ciriiulate, witli an 



tl 



oblong obtuse ; lip oblong obtuse, apiculaie, inc 



obtuse angle on each side towards the base, which is Roirirwhat cncunato, pum 

 white, like tlie rest of the ilower, but with a small blotch of pale grren on the 

 diiik, crossed by about half a dozen green lines; spar or chui (.•A(in?uis]i<'r -]ia('<<l. 

 CnJumn much dilated at the base. 



Dendroeium Dearei, lieiclienhach fil., in Gardeners' Cliruaicle, a. 9., xviii., 3Gi 



This new species, which was imported last year, hius now blo(>incJ in nuuy 

 collections, and has proved to be one of the most beautiful and ch.T5;te nmongat 

 white-flowered Orchidy — 'One that every Orchid ophilist will ndmire, since it has so 



many good qualities to recommend 



lastin 



being free-bloomino^, 



o 



of a pure white, and 



g long in flower; 



moreover, each flower can T)e cut .-iparatdy for butt'"i hol^' 



or bouquet use, and the plant is also very eflcctive for decorative and oxhibilion 



purposes duri 



mg the summer months. 



Thus, 



it 



having a guodly num^T of plaDta, 



niay be brought 



in for several successive months; and the stronger the plant 



IS 



grown the finer will be its flowers. The individual pinnts \.Ary soiu- ..hat, wIjI- !i 



some specimens being weakly, and in that case they will 



c* 



hut iJIi- 



.\fanv of 



may be caused partly 



improve a.s they gain strength. It appears to be a very free grow 



must prove that, and also if the plants are of long duration or not. 



our l^endrobes last but a few years,' and then require to be re-import. I. 



sketch h from a well-grown plant in the grand collection of Sir Trevor hnvn-rn 



Bart, "M.P., where we saw several other examples in bloom, some of t! 



n 



iir 



t «' 



bianji 



vcr) 



stronjT 



and bearing as many as thirty 



flower? on a fingl^ sU'in. 



first 



Dcndrohium Dea.J, named in compliment to Colonel Dearr^, 



brought forward, 



bloomed ; this 

 state its foliage 



O 



is partly deciduous, losing thf^ older 



wh«»m it VI *, 

 after it has 



IS 



its aspect at present, but when wc get it into a gooti 



growing 



may perhaps stand for a longer time. 



It produces its flowers m 



