DENDROBIUM CRASSINODE ALBUM. 
[PLate 458. | 
Native of Burmah. 
Epiphytal. Stems tufted, ascending, from five inches to a foot in length, 
formed throughout of swollen nodes. Leaves strap-shaped, acute, somewhat thin in 
typical plant in their want of the mauve colour at. the tips of the sepals and 
petals and the lip, hence becoming a pure white, saving the stain of deep orange. 
yellow at the base of the lip, which renders it a very elegant and chaste variety. 
DENDROBIUM CRASSINODE ALBUM, Williams M.S. 
DENDROBIUM CRASSINODE ALBIFLORUM, Hort., Gardeners’ Chronicle, iv., 1875, 
p- 683. 
The variety here figured was originally made known to English Orchid-growers 
through Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton, and it has since been brought home by 
other firms; we ourselves have imported it with the typical plant upon more 
than one occasion. Although the type, as well as the variety, appears to 
be widely distributed throughout the Burmese and Siamese territories, the latter 
appears to be scarce, few white-flowered forms having made their appearance amongst 
the great numbers which have been brought to this country. We have found it 
upon rare occasions in the gardens of Mr. Sherwood, Brixton Hill, also in the 
collection of the late Mr. Hall, of Brixton, and various other gardens. 
The present plant is charming in its purity, having nothing but the stain of 
deep yellow at the base of the lip. It sometimes passes under the name of 
albiflorum, but the name here given was an MS. one given by the head of our 
firm before the descriptive name of Reichenbach. It is a variety that does not 
appear to suffer in health and strength from being an albino, as many do, for it 
is of vigorous habit, whilst it is an abundant bloomer, and it flowers with the 
typical plant, commencing about January or February and continuing on through 
March and April, so that before the flowers are past the young growths begin to 
push up, and the plants are ready for full heat and moisture as soon as the 
blooming season is over. It likes a good deal of heat at the time of growth, 
and a considerable quantity of moisture, both in the atmosphere and at its roots 
also, and therefore it should be grown in the warmest part of the East Indian 
house, or a warm stove, such as is used for the growth of Crotons, for it 
enjoys exposure to sunshine, although it will be well to lightly shade the 
Dendrobiums during the hottest part of the day. The plant may be grown upon 
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