﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW 



DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM* 



The annexed figure represents a flower of the remarkable Dendrobium 

 Brymerianum, and is reproduced from a photograph sent by K. G. 

 Thwaites, Esq., of Streatham. The species is a native of Burma, and was 

 introduced by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. in 1874, and described by 

 Reichenbach in the following year (Card. Chron., 1875, ii„ p. 323). It first 

 flowered in the collection of W. E. Brymer, Esq., Ilsington House, 

 Dorchester, after whom it was named. It dot s not appear to have been 

 fully developed when it first flowered, and the author remarked that the 



Fig. 39. Dendrobium Brymerianum. 



broad fimbras gave him a little shivering of fright, and he felt rather 

 suspicious of the beautiful flower, as there was a strong tendency in the 

 column towards becoming triandrous. Such a fringe might well appear 

 anomalous on its first appearance, but it was soon clear that it was no 

 abnormal character, and a few months later Reichenbach wrote : " When 

 I described this species I had no idea how beautifully it develops .... the 

 whole anterior part of the lip is solved in very long fringes." A somewhat 

 similar arrangement is found in the petals of D. Harveyanum, a remarkable 

 plant which was figured at page 313 of our last volume, and one cannot 



