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Dendrohium PaJpebra flowering in the garden of H.R.H. Prince Paribatra of Siam, 

 Bang-k.hun-Prom Palace, Bangkok, Siam. 



DENDROBIUM PALPEBR/E. 



THE above photograph shows a fine 

 specimen of Dendrobium Palpebrae 

 flowering m the collection of H.R.H. 

 Prince Paribatra of Siam, Bang-khun-Prom 

 Palace, Bangkok. 



This species was discovered by Thomas 

 Lobb m Moulmem, when collecting for 

 Messrs. Veitch in 1849. Sir Joseph Hooker, 

 when describing it m the Annals of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Calcutta, Vol. V., 1895, 

 remarks: — "It is singular that this beautiful 

 plant should never have been figured in any 

 published work on Orchids. The drawing 

 here reproduced is inscribed ' Garden of Mr. 

 Lynam, March, 1867, T. Anders. The same 



from Teesta valley on sal trees, March, 1867, 

 T. A.' It must be a very rare plant, having 

 hitherto been found nowhere but once in 

 Sikkim, and by two collectors m Burma." 



The specific name, Palpebrae, refers to the 

 fringe of long hairs like eyelashes near the 

 base of the lip. The racemes are loosely 

 flowered ; the sepals and petals pure white, 

 sometimes pinkish ; the petals twice as broad 

 and rather shorter than the lateral sepals ; the 

 lip has a broad golden area in the centre and 

 base. 



Veitch's Manual of Orchidaceous Plants 

 states that this species is found sparing])' 

 throughout Burmah, varying in colour from 

 white to dark rose. According to Major- 

 General E. S. Berkeley the finest and most 



