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Dendrobium. 

 D. Findlayanum {Rc/il-'. /.). — A very distinct plant, its pseudo- 

 bulbs being shining yellow, i^t. long, fiexuous, knotted at the 

 nodes, the internodes narrow. Leaves lance-shaped, sin. long, 

 deciduous. Flowers on the last-ripened leafless pseudo-bulbs, 

 near the top, usually in pairs, on longish stalks ; sepals and 

 petals overlapping, of a soft lavender colour ; lip spreading, 

 heart-shaped, yellow, margined with white. The flowers measure 

 from 2in. to 3in. across, and are produced in spring. Burma, 

 1877. It is frequently imported in large quantities. (B. M., t. 6438.) 



Fig. 66. — Flower of De.ndrobium formosum 

 (much reduced). 



D. formosum (Hoxb.). — The largest-flowered among the 

 white kinds. It has stout, erect pseudo-bulbs ift. to 2ft. high, 

 hairy when young, and covered with broad-ovate leaves, which 

 are sin. long, and somewhat leathery. Flowers on the end of 

 the leafy stems, usually in bunches of three or five ; each flower 

 is at least 4in. across, full, and of the purest white, save for a 

 blotch of yellow in the throat ; the sepals are lance-shaped 

 and pointed; the petals are almost as broad as long, blunt; the 

 lip is scoop-shaped, with a large, tongue-like reflexed front. The 

 blossoms appear in autumn and last several weeks in perfection. 

 In most cases newly-imported plants grow and flower perfectly ; 

 but in about three years they generally commence to deteriorate 



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