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orange-yellow, very pretty and attractive ; and the lip is finely fringed. 

 There are several varieties of this North Indian species. The variety 

 D. F. ocuLATUM is distinguished by the maroon blotch on the lip. 



D. FiNDLAYANUM grows about eighteen inches high, is distinctly 

 pendulous, and its swollen nodes give the stems a curiously knotted 

 appearance. It is deciduous, and flowers in Winter or early 

 Spring ; its flowers appear from the nodes and they are white, 

 sufi^used with lilac, the lip being yellow, margined with white. 



D. FORMOSUM GiGANTEUM is probably the finest of the white 

 Dendrobiums. The Indian type is so rarely seen and the 

 Moulmein or giganteum form so largely imported and cultivated 

 that the varietal name seems quite unnecessary. However, the 

 Orchid so popularly known as D. formosum giganteum is a 

 fine one, and as its large white flowers appear in the Autumn it is a 

 valuable plant where choice flowers are in demand at that season. 

 The stems are about fifteen inches high, stout and rigid ; the 

 flowers are borne in clusters at the apex of the new leafy growth. 

 D. iNFUNDiBULUM and D. Jamesianum are closely allied to B. 

 formosum^ and from a cultivator's point of view they may be 

 considered as less useful varieties of the latter. 



D. HiLDEBRANDii is a Burmese species that came suddenly 

 into public favour a few years ago. It has twisted sepals and 

 petals, is pale yellow, and flowers very freely. 



D. nobile is an extremely popular Orchid because it is cheap, 

 easily grown, beautiful, and of great value for many kinds of 

 floral decorations. It appears to have first flowered in this country 

 in Messrs Loddiges' Nursery, at Hackney, in 1837; ^*^^ intro- 

 duction was due to Mr J. Russell Reeves, who brought home 

 one plant only. As the species is spread over Northern India, 

 Burmah, and part of China, its introduction in quantity did not 

 occur until the country became opened up somewhat. The species 



