THE ORCHID REVIEW. 49 
DENDROBIUM HILDEBRANDII. 
THE subject of our present figure is a very distinct and striking novelty 
which was collected in the Shan States by H. H. Hildebrand, Esq., who 
sent it to Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of Clapton, in whose establishment 
it flowered for the first time in the early months of last year, when the 
accompanying photograph was taken, and forwarded to us. It was 
Fig. 3. DENDROBIUM HILDEBRANDII, 
described as Dendrobium Hildebrandii, Rolfe (Kew Bulletin, 1894, p. 198), 
as was recorded at p. 189 of our last volume. The general habit is that of a 
strong D. signatum, the flowers being light yellow, with the sepals and petals 
twisted, much as in D. tortile—a character well shown in the illustration. 
It is a plant of very robust habit, and exceedingly floriferous, as Mr. 
Hildebrand states that it grows in magnificent huge masses, and that as 
many as fifteen hundred flowers have been counted on a single clump. 
The flowers are also somewhat variable in colour, some forms having a 
’ deeper yellow throat and a pair of maroon spots at the base, while in 
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