OOO OECHID-GEOWER S MANUAL. 



D. ENDOCHARIS, Eclih. f. — An ornamental hybrid, raised by Mr. Seden. 

 The stems very much resemble those of D. aureum {lieterocarpum), and bear the 

 flowers in pairs ; these are nearly as large as those of that species, but with 

 broader white petals ; the lip is nearly that of D. monilifornie, with projecting 

 basilar lobes. — Oa/rden hybrid. 



Fig. — Vcitch's Man. Orch. PI., iii. p. 88. ' 



D. ERYTHROPOGON, Rclib. /.—This plant was imported with D.iotuu, and 

 resembles that species in growth. The sepals are of a pallid whitish ochre, partly 

 ochre-ooloured, and are deficient of the fine yellow of the typical D. Loivii ; the 

 lip has seven thick crimson keels on the disk of the middle lobe, the two external 

 ones having short crimson hairs on each side, and there is a crimson wash 

 between the keels. — Borneo. 



D. ERYTHROXANTHUNI, BM. /.—A very pretty species, which in habit of 

 growth resembles D. secundv/m. The racemose flowers form a dense mass, and 

 are of a bright amber, striped with purple-crimson. It blooms in August, the 

 flowers being produced in clusters of two to three dozen together. — Philippine 

 Islands. 



0. EUOSMUM, Bchh. /.—This is a hybrid between D. ertdocharis and 

 D. ndbile, and was raised by Mr. Seden in the nurseries of Messrs. J. Veitch 

 & Sons. It, as well as the two varieties, are thus described in their manual of 

 Orchidaceous Plants : '' Flowers fragrant, as large as those of D. ndbile ; sepals 

 and petals white, tipped with pale rosy-purple, as is also the lip, the disk of 

 which is maroon-purple, surrounded by white." Rcichenbach, in his original 

 description, states that the flower is cream-coloured. — Oa/rden hybrid. 



In the variety leuccpterum, " the sepals, petals, and lip are pure white, except 

 the disk of the latter, which is Indian purple, paler than in the type." The 

 variety roseitm "has the sepals and petals toned with rose-purple, which is of 

 a much deeper shade at the apex ; the apical blotch on the lip deeper than in the 

 type." 



D. FALCONERI, Sooh. — A magnificent plant of pendulous growth, and ojic 

 of the most beautiful of the genus. The stems are long, slender, branched, and 

 knotted, with few small linear leaves, terminal on the young shoots ; the flowers 

 arc 4| inches across, produced singly all along the older leafless stems ; the sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, the petals ovate-acuminate, the lip cucullate with the front 

 portion ovate-acute, all white, or blush white freely tipped with rich deep purple, 

 the lip having in addition a broad orange-coloured disk, TThich is marked by a 

 large central dark purple spot. It is now plentiful, so that growers will have a 

 better chance of finding the best way to cultivate it by placing it under different 

 treatment and in different houses. During the growing season it likes a good 

 supply of water; but after it has finished growth, which is by autumn, it should 

 be kept rather dry till it begins to show flower, but must never be allowed to 

 suffer for want of water, as it frequently grows during the winter months. Under 

 this treatment it flowers every year, well repaying any trouble that is taken to 

 induce it to produce its charming white purple-tipped flowers, which open in 

 May and June, and remain about ten days in perfection. The blunt-petalled 



