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DENDROBIUM NOBILE umor. var. CANDIDULUM c. LIND. 
THE NOBLE DENDROBIUM, CHASTE VARIETY. 
DENDROBIUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 13. 
Dendrobium nobile. Vide Lindenia, VIII, ps sii: 
Var. candidulum LinD., infra. 
he white varieties of Dendrobium nobile are yet more rare than the red 
ones, such as D, nobile nobilius and D. nobile Cooksonianum, and although 
they may be less showy and perhaps less effective, they nevertheless 
deserve much praise, not only because of their scarcity, but also for their 
beauty. The should find a place in every great collection, where the orchidists 
delight in admiring all the most various and remarkable forms of each species. 
D. nobile candidulum has the sepals and petals wholly white, without any 
trace of the rosy mauve spots which are found on the tips of the segments in 
the typical species; on the lip we observe the broad, dark purple-brown blotch 
on the disk, but no trace of rose at the tip, and a creamy hue covering the whole 
surface. It may therefore be seen that this variety is nearly allied to D. nobile 
Schrodertianum. 
It flowered last year amongst a lot of importations received at L’Horticut- 
TURE INTERNATIONALE, Brussels, which revealed a very fine range of colours, 
most however being bright red and purple. 
The present variety is particularly pleasing, and will certainly become a 
favourite amongst the forms of that popular species. 
Les variétés blanches du Dendrobium nobile sont plus rares encore que les 
variétés rouge vif, les superbes D. nobile nobilius et D. nobile Cooksonianum. Elles 
sont sans doute moins riches et font moins d’effet peut-étre, mais elles n’en ont 
pas moins un grand mérite, non seulement par la rareté, mais par i: beauté, et 
devraient figurer dans les grandes collections, ot l’on a un plaisir extreme a 
admirer chaque espéce dans toutes ses formes les plus diverses et les plus 
remarquables. re 
Le Dendrobium nobile candidulum a les sépales et les pétales entiérement 
blancs, sans trace du rose violacé qui macule les sommets des segments dans 
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