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deciduous, and has stout steins. The flowers are white, save for 

 the broad orange stain and two maroon blotches at the base of the 

 lip. It blooms freely in the Spring, and is a desirable species. 



D. Brymerianum is not an altogether satisfactory plant, as its 

 flowers are produced sparingly. But it is worthy of cultivation for 

 the sake of the few flowers it may produce, as these are among the 

 most wonderful of the many wonderful flowers seen in Orchids. 

 The stems are slender, a foot to eighteen inches high, and the 

 leaves persistent. The golden yellow flowers are three inches wide, 

 but the lip is larger than the rest of the flower. This has prettily 

 fringed side lobes, and the disk is curiously roughened or papillose, 

 while the large apical portion broadens out into an exquisitely 

 beautiful fimbriation, every part branching and rebranching until 

 the ultimate divisions are of hair-like fineness. D. Brymerianum 

 was introduced in 1874 by Messrs Hugh Low & Co., and it is a 

 Summer flowering species best grown in the Cattleye house or in 

 an intermediate temperature. 



D. CHRYSANTHUM is a very fine species, but as it has stems from 

 five feet to seven feet long, it occupies considerable space, and there- 

 fore is not so popular now that growers prefer a number of small 

 plants to a few noble specimens. It is deciduous. Autumn flower- 

 ing, and produces its deep yellow blooms in racemes on the current 

 season's growths, while the leaves are still green. Each flower has 

 two maroon blotches near the base of the lip. This species should 

 be potted directly it has flowered, as new growth commences then ; 

 the Winter temperature ought not to fall below 60 degrees. 



D. crassinode is a popular species, found by Col. Benson in 

 1 868. The thick, semi-pendulous stems are very distinct by reason 

 of their swollen nodes or joints. The plants look best when grown 

 in baskets. It is a deciduous species and has eff^ective flowers, rather 

 less than three inches across, white, with deep purple tips to the 



