2i8 ORCHIDS 



Dendrobium. 



Var. a//ia/is has white segments, with a dark maroon disk. 



A'ar. Balliaiia has the segments faintly tinted rose; hp salmon- 

 pink. 



Var. luirfordiense has the two lower sepals coloured like the lip. 



A'ar. cu-niksceiis. — Smaller in all its parts, the flowers very 

 deeply coloured. 



\"ar. Cooksoniaiuim. — This has the two petals coloured like 

 the lip. It is a remarkably beautiful plant. 



Var. nobilitis. — Flowers larger than in any other form. The 

 sepals and petals brilliant amethyst, paler towards the base ; 

 lip deep maroon, with a zone of milk-white in front. 



Var. Saiiderianutn. — Flowers large, and brilliant in colour. 



Var. Sclu-cedei-ianiim. — Flowers large; sepals and petals 

 white ; lip deep maroon-purple, almost black, yellowish in 

 front. 



D. nobile pallidiflorum {Hook.). — A synonym of D. primii- 

 liniim. 



D. ochreatum (LindL). — A beautiful plant when well flowered. 

 It has short, thick knotted pseudo-bulbs, which are rarely 

 ift. long. Leaves deciduous, lance-shaped, 3in. long, thin 

 and succulent. Flowers on the young pseudo-bulbs at the same 

 time as the leaves, 2iin. across, full ; sepals and petals equal ; 

 lip almost circular, slightly concave, downy ; colour deep golden 

 yellow, with a large blotch of deep maroon on the lip. Khasia 

 Hills, 1837. Syn. D. Ca?nbridgeanum. (B. M., t. 4450.) 



D. Parishli {Rchb. /.). — Distinct and beautiful is this species, 

 named in honour of its discoverer, the Rev. C. P. Parish. When 

 out of flower it is readily distinguished by its thick, fleshy, 

 leafless stems. These are about ift. long. The flowers, which 

 are produced freely in May and June, in groups of two or 

 three, are purplish-rose, fading into white towards the centre ; 

 the lip, which is shorter than the sepals and petals, is marked 

 inside with rich purple. This species was introduced in 1862. 

 (B. M., t. 5488.) 



D. Paxtoni {LindL). — A synonym of D. chrysanthum. 



D. Paxtoni {Paxt.). — A synonym of D. fimbriaium oculatum. 



D. Phalaenopsis (/^Vsf'-.). — This species is of exceptional beauty 

 and variety. Pseudo-bulbs ift. to 4ft. in length, thickest in 

 the middle, grey when mature. Leaves lance-shaped, sin. long, 

 produced on the upper part of the new growth. Flowers 

 on long, slender scapes, which spring from the top of the leafy 

 growths when mature, strong plants producing scapes of twenty 



