AXn THEIR MAAAGEMEXT. 



DICH^A. 



Stove epiph\-tal Orchids of the tribe I'ajidcir. the genus 

 being founded b_\- Lindley. They are nati\-es of the 

 West Indies and tropical America. Flowers greenish, 

 solitar}-, inconspicuous, axillary. Lea\'es small, ovate- 

 oblong or linear, two - ranked (^\\ hence the generic name, 

 from dichci, bitarious). Stems short, erect, or creeping. 

 There are about a dozen species known, but the\- are 

 rareh" seen in culti\-ation. The}" require sto\"e-house treat- 

 ment, and to be grown in baskets suspended from the roof 



DICRYPTA (Li>hfl.). This is now included under 

 Maxillaria. 



DIPLOPRORA. 



A monot\-pic genus of the tribe I'aiidecr, established b\- 

 Hooker. The name is from diploos, double ; and prora, a 

 front. The species D. Chainpioni (s\-n. Cottonia Cliampioiu) 

 is an intermediate-house, epiphytal Orchid, ha\ing a few- 

 small yellow flowers, with a rosy-tinted lip, ovate or 

 oblong distichous leaves, and a nearly simple stem. It is 

 a native of India and Hong Kong. The plant is seldom 

 met with in cultivation. 



DIPODIUM. 



By the above name is known a small genus of stove 

 terrestrial Orchids of the tribe Vandecc, founded by Robert 

 Brown. The species are natives of the Malayan Peninsula 

 and Archipelago, the Pacific Islands, and Australia. The 

 name is from dis, twice ; and pons, podos, a foot, and is in 

 allusion to the caudicles on the pollen-masses. Flowers fre- 

 quently dotted, rather large, in small racemes ; sepals and 

 petals sub-equal, free, spreading ; lip erect, adnate to the 

 column, slightly gibbous, or very shortly saccate at the base, 

 three-lobed to the middle, the lateral lobes narrow or trian- 

 gular, the middle one longer. Leaves, when present, narrow, 

 coriaceous. Stems leafy at the base, or the floriferous ones 

 leafless. The species occasionall}- met with in cultivation 

 is D. paludosinn (Rchb. f.j. The cultural requirements are 

 similar to those for Blctia. 



