DENDROBIUM (HYBRIDUM) VENUS Roi/e. 



A hybrid raised from Dendrobium Falconeri crossed with the pollen of D. nobile, and combining well the characters of the two species. Although 

 retaining some of the characters of the seed parent, the growths are far stronger, and the nodes 

 less conspicuously swollen, both characters being obviously derived from D. nobile. The leaves 

 are narrowly lanceolate- linear and acute. The racemes are 2-flowered, the sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, bright rose above, much paler below, 2% inches long by ^ inch broad. The petals are 

 much broader, acute, white, with bright rose apex. The lip is broad, acute, white, tipped with 

 bright rose, and with a large, deep maroon blotch in the throat. 



Dendrobium (hybridum) Venus, Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1890, pt. 1, p. 608. 



This handsome hybrid was raised in the collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., of Oakwood, 

 Wylam-on-Tyne, and flowered for the first time in April, 1890. It is not so strong a grower as D. 

 nobile ; in fact it has retained some of the characters of D. Falconeri, both in habit and foliage, 

 while in the flower the same influence is also apparent, though the yellow disc of that species is 

 absent, as in D. nobile. The flowers are very large and handsome, and as the plant is a free grower 

 and very floriferous, it is likely to become a favourite garden plant. It is one of the most promising 

 hybrid Dendrobiums yet raised. R, 



This is without doubt one of the finest Dendrobiums traceable to the skill 

 of the hybridist. We are indebted for this and the accompanying subject 

 of our illustration to Mr. Norman C. Cookson, of Oakwood, Wylam-on- 

 Tyne, who gives so much zeal and devotion to the fascinating study of hybridization. Dendrobium (hybridum) Venus 

 is a free-growing plant— a quality inherited, we are inclined to think, from its pollen parent, D. nobile, from whence 

 also it obtains its free-flowering habit. The blossoms are large in size and richly coloured, considerably resembling 

 Dendrobium Falconeri in form, but larger, and the yellow that is found in the lip of the latter is wanting in our hybrid. 

 The pseudo-bulbs are nearly intermediate between the parents, being semi-pendulous, and they have a habit, like 

 D. Falconeri, of producing new pseudo-bulbs from the extremities of the old ones ; the nodes, however, are not nearly 

 so much swollen as in D. Falconeri. This Dendrobe has been admired by all who have seen it, and value is attached 

 to its beauty by the fact that it is of most easy culture and most profusely blooming. 



Our plate was taken from a plant in the collection of W. R. Lee, Esq., Beech Lawn, Audenshaw, near Manchester. 



DENDROBIUM (HYBRIDUM) CASSIOPE Rolfe 



len of Dendrobium nobile albiflorum. It is almost intermediate in 

 approaches D. japonicum rather than D. nobile. The flowers 1 

 , with a clear maroon-purple throat to the lip. The segments are 



man in L). japonici 

 sharply defined. 



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D. nobile, and the blotch of the 



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acute, broader 

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from front and 

 side), also the lip and pollinia. 



(hybridum) CASSIOPE, Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1890, pt. 2, p. 620. 

 This charming little hybrid was raised in the collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., of Oakwood, 

 Wylam-on-Tyne, where so many other hybrids of sterling merit have first seen the light. It flowered for 

 the first time in September, 1890. It can well be compared with D. endocharis and D. euosmum, two 

 of the most elegant little hybrids yet raised. In colour it approaches the last-named one very closely, 

 but the flowers are not equally fragrant. From D. endocharis it is markedly different in the larger 

 maroon blotch of the lip, and in the larger flowers. Both D. endocharis and D. Cassiope are seedlings 

 from D. japonicum, and the differences between them are due to the influence of the pollen parents, 

 which are D. aureum and D. nobile albiflorum respectively. D. Cassiope promises to be a free-flowering 

 and very useful garden plant. J? m 



Dendrobium (hybridum) Cassiope is the result of a cross between D. japonicum and D. nobile albiflorum, the latter 

 being the pollen parent. It is a lovely little gem, and a wonderful plant to flower. Its blossoms are pure white and 

 of great substance, the throat having a deep maroon blotch at the base. In shape they are very graceful. It may be 

 described as intermediate in character, although it inclines rather towards D. japonicum. The segments are broader 

 than in this variety, but narrower than in D. nobile. It is of dwarf habit, and flowers during the spring and summer 

 months ; but, indeed, it is so free that it is found in flower from time to time all the year round. 



Our plate was taken from a plant in the collection of J. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate. 



