DENDROBICM. 863 



D. STREBLOCERAS ROSSIANUIW, Linden et BocUgas.—A beautiful variety 

 with white flowers. Appeared in the collection of the Horticulture Internationale. 

 It has been named in honour of H. J. Ross, Esq., of Castagnole, Italy.— Sunda 

 Islands, Malay ArcJdpelago. 



Fig. — Lindcnia, iii. t. 124. 



D. SUAVISSIMUM, Bclib. f. — A handsome compact-growing species, resembling 

 B. cliryaotoxum in habit. Tlie stems are short, stout, fusiform, deeply furrowed 

 clustered, about three-leaved, the leaves oblong acute. The flowers, which exhale 

 a delicious perfume, are produced in gracefully drooping racemes, the individual 

 blossoms being long-stalked, 3 inches across, and of a rich golden-yellow colour, 

 having on the crispulate fringed lip a large sanguineous purple central reniform 

 blotch, with a few crimson bars on each side behind it. It is very free-blooming, 

 and we have seen three spikes on a single stem. It blooms during May and June, 

 and lasts two or three weeks in full beauty. This is a grand plant for exhibition 

 purposes, as its bright yellow flowers form a striking contrast when exhibited 

 amongst other Orchids. — Upper Bumiah. 



Fig.— .Ye«ia 0/r7(., ill. t. 202 ; The fi^fl/A'ft, 1878, p. 166, t. 116 ; Oi-cUd Album, i. 



D. SUPERBIENS, JtcUh. f. — This magnificent species is undoubtedly one of 

 the most charming of all the Dendrohes. It is a most profuse bloomer, and as n 

 proof of its free-flowering quality, we may here state that since we imported the 

 plants in 1877, they have never been without flowers. This Dendrohe has the pecu- 

 liarity of blooming from the old stems at the same time as from the new ones, and 

 frequently repeats this freak of nature for several years in succession, so much so 

 that we have counted as many as fifteen old spikes on a stem. In addition to 

 this it flowers in a very young state, when the stems are scarcely 6 inches high. 

 These stems when fully grown are from 2 to 3 feet high, and about 3 inches 

 in circumference, furnished with thick oblong acute leaves. The flowers are 

 produced from fifteen to twenty -five at a time in long racemes, the sepals being 

 dark purple, beautifully reticulated, and having a whitish border, the petals of a 

 beautiful warm purple, longer than the sepals, and the lip a warm purple, with 

 five keels on the disk. The flowers last three months in perfection. This plant 

 is best grown in a basket or pan suspended from the roof. It delights in sunshine, 

 and we have grown it most successfully in a stove where Crotons and such-like 

 plants were cultivated. — Torres Mruits. 



¥10.— Floral Mag., 2nd ser., t. 294; Gard. Chrim., N.S., 1878, ix. p. 49, f. 9; 

 Reicheiibachia, i. t. 39 ; Orchid Albmii, vii. t. 312 ; Lindcnia, viii. t. 294. 



D. SUPERBUM, Bchb. f. — A noble and very handsome deciduous species of 

 pendulous habit, losing its ovate-oblong obtuse leaves just as it begins to show its 

 flower-buds. The spreading or drooping stems grow about 2 feet long, and 

 from these the flowers proceed in a row on each side ; they are of a pale purplish 

 or lilac-rose colour, each 3 or 4 inches across, and the downy lip is of the 

 same colour with a pair of sanguineous blotches at the base; they last two 

 weeks in perfection if they are kept dry. The flowers have a strong smell of 

 rhubarb, in which respect this plant differs from the closely allied B. aiiosmum. 



