DENDROBIUM PRIMULINUM. 
[PLATE 286. ] 
Native of Northern India. 
Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs stem-like, clustered, pendulous and deciduous, upwards 
of a foot long, furrowed, jointed, the joints being clothed with thin transparent 
sheaths. Leaves arranged in a two-ranked manner, narrowly oblong, obtuse, obliquely 
lobed at the apex, coriaceous in texture, and light green in colour. Pendunele short, 
bearing a single flower, which is from two to three inches across ; sepals and petals 
spreading, the former oblong, the latter slightiy broader and somewhat ovate, all 
creamy white suffused with pink, and tipped with rosy pink; lip downy, three-lobed, 
broadly-obovate, pale-sulphur, or primrose-yellow, side lobes convolute over the column, 
and streaked with purple. 
DENDROBIUM PRIMULINUM, Lindley’s Orchidaceous Plants, p12: 8 
1861, t. 326, p. 158; Williams’ Orchid-Grower’s Manual, 6 ed., p. 
DENDROBIUM NOBILE PALLIDIFLORUM, Botanical Magazine t. 5003. 
egel’s Gartenflora 
297. 
The portrait of the Dendrobe here introduced to our readers, we had the pleasure 
to bloom, for the first time in this country, some thirty years ago. About that 
time a considerable number of plants of this species were imported, and it became 
very popular, and many fine specimens were staged at the various London 
Exhibitions ; of late years, however, the plant has become scarcer, and consequently 
is less frequently met with. There are several varieties of this species which differ, 
more or less, in the size and colour of their blooms; but the form here figured 
is identical with that named by Dr. Lindley, and described in the Orchid-Grower’s 
Manual. 
We are enabled to produce our figure of this plant through the kindness of 
S. Courtauld, Esq., Bocking Place, Braintree, in whose collection some very 
handsome specimens of Orchids exist, Masdevallia being a genus in which it 1s 
specially rich, as it includes nearly all the species and varieties known to be alive 
in this country. 
Dendrobium primulinum is a handsome free-blooming species, when the plant is 
vigorous, the pseudobulbs exceed a foot in length; these loose their leaves soon 
after the growth is matured, and during the months of April and May they are 
clothed with a profusion of its charming blooms, which are in the sepals and petals 
white, tipped with pink, whilst the lip is pale sulphur-yellow, the sides convolute, 
and streaked within with purple. The flowers continue in perfection for about three 
weeks, We find this species succeed best in a basket or pan suspended from the 
