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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



albino forms, also the highly-coloured D. n. 

 nobilius, Cooksoni, pendulum, elegans, Balli- 

 anum, Amesianum, and very many others. Nor- 

 thern India, 1836 (h). (Fig. 52.) 



D. ochreatum (Cambridgeanum). — Bather a dwarf 

 plant, flowering on the unripened stems, and not 

 easy of cultivation. The flowers are pale yellow ; 

 lip blotched maroon. India, 1837 (/). 



D. Piial.enopsis. — A lovely orchid, quite the best in 

 the genus when well cultivated. The varieties 

 include almost every tint of colour, from pure 



white to the deepest crimson purple. New 

 Guinea, 1881) (h). 



D. Pieraedi. — A pretty species of the deciduous sec- 

 tion, its stems growing a yard or more in length, 

 and covered with pale rosy -mauve blossoms. 

 Burmah, 1815 (h). 



D. primulinum. — Stems very stout; flower mauve 

 and primrose. Nepal, 1857 (/<■). 



D. rhodostoma. — Very pretty hybrid, between' D. 

 superbum and D. sanguinolentum. 



D. sanguinolentum. — Stems pendant and leaves 

 evergreen ; flowers pale yellow and purple. Not 

 common. Ceylon, 1842 (/i). 



Dendrochilum. See Platyclinis. 



speciosuh. — A stout-growing species with long 

 racemes of small flowers spotted with purple. 

 The var. Hilli has paler flowers than the type. 

 Both these plants require a long season of 

 cool, dry rest to induce them to flower ; but 

 the variety Bancroftianum, which is of weaker 

 growth, and the most beautiful of all, must 

 not be treated quite so harshly. Queensland, 

 1824 (i). 



splendidissimum. — A greatly - improved and 

 slightly-altered form of D. Ainsworthi. 



D. stratiotes. — Bather an 

 uncommon plant of great 

 beauty ; the stems grow 

 erect, and the flowers are 

 white, yellow, and purple, 

 with very peculiarly-twisted 

 petals. Sunda Islands, 

 1885 (h). 

 D. suavissimum. — A sweetly- 

 scented variety of D. chry- 



sotoxum. < I 



D. supErbiens. — Stem about 

 30 ins.- high ; flowers rich 

 crimson, purple, and white. 

 Torres Straits. 1876 {h). 

 D. superbum. — Long pendant 

 stems, and large rose -purple 

 flowers ; a very tine species, 

 requiring a long growing 

 season. Manilla, 1840 (h). 

 D. thyrsiflorum. — One of 

 the finest evergreen species ; 

 the flowers produced on 

 large pendant racemes, 

 white, with yellow lip. 

 Burmah, 1864 (i). 

 D. tortile. — A pretty species, 

 remarkable for the 

 twisted sepals ; colour, rosy-lilac. Moulmein, 

 1847 (/(). . ■ - 



D. Venus. — A lovely hybrid,, between D. Falconeri 



and D. nobile (h). (Fig. 53.) 

 D. Wardianum. — A lovely and popular plant; flowers 

 large ; the sepals white, tipped with purple, the 

 lip blotched with yellow and mauve. It is a 

 native of Assam and Burmah, the Burmese form 

 being much the better. 1856, 1875 (h). 

 D. Williamsianum. — Beautiful and very distinct 

 species, growing about 18 inches high, and produc- 

 ing white flowers, with a mauve and crimson -tinted 

 Hp. New Guinea, 1886 (h). 



