DENDROBES 509 
D. DALHOUSIEANUM (Dalhousie’s). Stems 2 to 5 feet, stout. Flowers 
in drooping racemes ; the largest in the genus, pale yellow, with two large 
crimson blotches on the labellum; spring. Stove. Birma, 1828. _ 
D. DEVONIANUM (Duke of D hire’s). Pseudo-bulbs 1 to 3 feet 
long. Flowers 2 inches across, creamy-white, tinged with pink; petals 
tipped with magenta; lips margined with purple, spotted with orange, 
and frilled at the edge: March and April. Stove. Should be grown in 
basket or on block. 
D. FALCONERI (Falconer’s). Stems slender, knotted. Floweis 
solitary from the nodes, 3 inches wide, white tinged with rose, the lip 
blotched with purple; spring. Stove. Assam, 1856. 
D. FarMERI (Farmer's). Leafy stems club-shaped, 1 foot high. 
Flowers pale straw-colour tinged with pink; lip golden-yellow; in long 
pendulous racemes; May. Stove. Introduced from India, 1847, The 
var. albiflorwm has white flowers with downy, orange lip. The var. 
aureoflavum, shown in our Plate 238, has yellow flowers with a golden 
lip. Introduced from Moulmein, 1864. 
D. FIMBRIATUM (fringed). Stems 4 to 5 feet long. Flowers in 
loose pendent raceme, each two inches across, bright yellow, the lip 
deeply fringed and blotched with orange; spring. Stove. Birma, 
1820. The variety oculatwm has a maroon-red blotch on the lip. 
D. NoBILE (noble). Stems 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers large, purplish 
rose, lip deep maroon; January to April. Greenhouse evergreen. 
Introduced from China, 1836. There are a number of varieties, showing 
considerable range of tint; the plant figured in Plate 237 is one of these. 
One of the most easily grown Orchids. Small specimens do well in 
baskets; larger ones require pots. Numerous hybrids between this and 
other species have been raised. 
D. PHAL@NopsIS (moth - orchid -like). Stems 1 to 3 feet long. 
Flowers in elegant racemes 2 to 3 inches across, white tinged with rosy- 
mauye, the lip deep maroon. A recently popularised species from New 
Guinea. It is nearly always in flower. Stove. 
D. Prerarpil (Pierard’s). Stems 2 to 4 feet long. Flowers white 
or pale pink, the lip primrose streaked with purple; in long racemes; 
winter. Greenhouse species of pendulous habit, best grown on a block 
or in a basket. 
D. THYRSIFLORUM (thyrse-flowered). Stems 1 to 2 feet long. Raceme 
pendulous, 6 to 12 inches long, composed of many large flowers sym- 
metrically arranged, sepals and petals white, lip fringed, orange yellow. 
One of the most beautiful; spring. Stove. Birma, 1864. 
D. WARDIANUM (Ward’s). Stems 2 to 4 feet long, 1 inch thick, 
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