/ 



ipikes from the top of the 



and also from the side towards the 



^ upper end 



many to.sjether on the spike; they are pure white, with a little delicate 



o 



throat 



blotch and veins in the hollowed 



the summer months, and the individual flowers last for several weeks 



This species will do either in baskets or pots, filled with 

 sphagnum moss, and good drainage, to which a few small 



g 



The blooming season occurs durin 



beauty 



rough fibrous 

 lumps of charcoal 



peat, 

 may 



be added. It will also thrive on blocks, with live sphagnum moss about the roots; 

 but cultivated in this manner the plants require a more abundant supply of moisture 



It is a plant that likes to be grown near the Hwht 



durins: the growino; season. 



and the East India house seems to suit it well. Both those 



pots - and those 



baskets 



quire to be kept moist at the roots during their period of growth 



and 



like other species of Dendrobe, this enjoys a good season of rest to cause it to 

 flower more freely. The plants must be kept free from insects, and can k 



propagated by dividing the clu 



f stems, leaving two or three to each d 



1 vision. 



After they are separated they should be put into a shady place until they beg 



they may be allowed more light. 



to grow, when 



jVIasdev 



1 



Oiv] 



N.B 



r 



Chimera. — We saw a wonderfully fine 



of this curious 



1 in the collection of the Marquis of Lothian, at Newbattle Abbey, Dalkeitl 



T 



le pL' 



expanded flow 



that of the 



ipended from the roof of the house, and bore 



fineh' 



each 



measuring twenty 



inches across from the tip of one tail 



ipposite one. The flower 



were large in all their parts 



of a dark 



purple colour, beautifully spotted and clothed on the interior surface witli dark 



whi 



peculiar feature of this section of the MasdevaU 



kind enough to send 



us some flowers of this species for fig 



7 



ithered before they reached 



us. 



It has always been so when flow 



Mr. Priest was 



but unfortunately 



^rs of this 



species have been sent to us, as they last for so short a time when cut fi 

 the plant.— B. S. W. 



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