DENDROBIUM FALCONERI GIGANTEUM. 
[PLate 257.] 
Native of Northern India. 
Epiphytal. Stems elongate, slender, jointed, knotted in the older parts, stouter 
and more vigorous than ‘in the typical form, the internodes clothed with a sheathing 
membrane. Leaves deciduous, confined to the young stems, the older ones 
becoming leafless, narrow-lanceolate acute, keeled behind, from two to two and a 
half inches long. Flowers solitary or in pairs from the joints of the older 
matured leafless stems, three inches across, brightly coloured and very showy, stouter 
in texture than those of the type, which they otherwise resemble; sepals oblong 
acute, white deeply tipped with bright magenta; petals ovate acute, tipped more 
heavily than the sepals with the same rich magenta; lip concave, one and a half 
inch long, ovate in outline, crispy towards the base, recurved, white heavily tipped 
with rich deep magenta-purple, and having towards the base a large blotch of 
bright orange three-fourths of an inch across, in the centre of which are two oblong 
contiguous blotches of rich maroon-crimson half an inch long, the inner margin of 
the blotches entire, the outer one feathered; the strong contrast of colours in the 
lip is very remarkable. 
Denprosrum Fatconert Gicanteum, of gardens; Williams, Orchid-Grower's 
Manual, 6 ed., 
In Dendrobium Falconeri we haye a most beautiful plant, of graceful pendulous. 
habit, which, in its season, is decorated with charming and richly-coloured flowers. In 
its native habitats the dependent blossoms are produced freely on its slender knotted 
branching and abundantly-rooting stems, and these roots and blossoms with its — 
green leaves, give to it a somewhat quaint appearance. The plant was rare 
collections a few years ago, but now we have large quantities brought home by 
our persevering collectors. The variety we here illustrate is a great improvement 
on the typical form of the species and has flowered among these og, 
It will be seen from our figure that it is a stronger grower than the original orm, 
and produces finer flowers. As yet it is very rare, and has only been seen im : 
few collections.. We are indebted to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., ag 
Lodge, Dorking, for the materials from which our illustration was prepared. : . 
his well-known and superb collection it bloomed some time ago; but ons nis ae 
already noted, it is still very rare. Sir Trevor Lawrence grows D. Faleonert 
the Odontoglossum house, where it seems to do well. as 
Dendrobium Faleoneri giganteum is a splendid epiphyte having | aig oe 
which are swollen at the joints so as to have a knotty appearance; it so age 
than the older form in its foliage, which is linear-lanceolate in outline, an 
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