72 THe ORCHID: REVIE. [MarcH, 1916. 
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ee DENDROBIUM TORTILE AND D. HILDEBRANDIL. | s+ 
are ¥ pe 
this two Dendrobiums figured on this and the succeeding page are 
characterised by having curiously twisted sepals and petals, from 
which the former received its name. D. tortile is a native of Burma, and is 
found both in the Mergui-district and in the Arracan Hills, being originally 
discovered in the former by 
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Thomas Lebb, when collecting tor Messrs. 
Fig. 22. DENDROBIUM TORTILE. 
James Veitch & Sons, from whose materials it was described by Lindley 
(Gard. Chron., 1847, p. 797, with fig.). It has much of the general habit of 
D. nobile, but has shorter and stouter pseudobulbs. The sepals and petals 
are pale rosy lilac in colour, and the lip pale sulphur yellow, with a few 
purple streaks at the base. _Its floriferous character is seen in the annexed 
figure, which represents a fine specimen grown in the collection of J. W. 
Arkle, Esq., West Derby, Liverpool. The species does not appear to have 
been used much for hybridising, the only hybrid from it that we remember 
being D. Niobe, which was raised by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, D. 
nobile being the second parent. It flowered for the first time in April, 
1893, when it received an Award of Merit from the R.H.S. 
