July, 1914.] 



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rostratum and Perrenoudii, and under this 

 name and parentage it is included in Messrs. 

 Sander's Hybrid List of January, 191 2. At 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, July i6th, 

 igi2, Messrs. Charlesworth received an 

 Award of Merit for Z. Brewii, of similar 

 parentage, which appears to be the earliest 

 published record of Z. Brewii, although the 

 cross was first raised by them during the year 

 1909. Our illustration is of a distinct variety 

 in which the greenish sepals and petals are 

 almost covered with reddish blotches ; the 

 labellum is well developed, of white ground 

 with rich crimson lines of spotting, while the 

 elevated portion at the base is blue, the two 

 colours being very effective. 



Z. Armstrongiae is a handsome hybrid 

 between intermedium and rostratum, and was 

 exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown 

 at the International Exhibition of 191 2. The 

 elongated labellum bore varied tints of 

 violet-purple. 



DENDROBIUM PULCHELLUM. 



DENDROBIUM PULCHELLUM 

 dates from the year 1830, when 

 Roxburgh's original description of 

 the species was published. In 1844 it 

 was figured and described by Paxton 

 under the name D. Dalhousieanum, 

 while in 1846 Lindley wrote: "It was 

 found in the Botanical Garden, Calcutta, 

 by Mr. Gibson, who sent it to Chats- 

 worth, with the name which had been 

 given by Dr. Wallich, in compliment to the 

 Countess of Dalhousie, from whom he had 

 received it." Thus this species, in common 

 with many Orchids, has both a technical and 

 garden name. Under the appellation D. 

 Dalhousieanum it has always been known 

 when under cultivation, and it will probably 

 be so in the future, at least, so far as the 

 practical side of horticulture is concerned. 



This Indian species produces stout bulbs of 

 from 4-8 feet in height, clothed with abundant 

 foliage. It blooms from the old bulbs, the 

 drooping racemes consisting of about six 

 flowers of tawny-yellow colour suffused with 



rose. The large hp is marked on each side 

 with a purplish-cnmson blotch. Mr. B. S. 

 Williams remarks that it has been exhibited 

 with 43 spikes and 440 flowers, each 4I inches 

 in diameter. An illustration of the species 

 appears in the ORCHID WORLD, Vol. III., 

 p. 196. 



At the Temple Show, May, 1898, Messrs. 

 Hugh Low and Co. exhibited D. DaUiousie- 

 anum salmoneum, a variety in which the 

 blotches on the labellum were of bright 

 salmon-pink colour. A First-class Certificate 

 was awarded. 



D. Dalhousieanum luteum appears to have 

 been first imported by Major-General E. S. 

 Berkeley, and the plants acquired by Messrs. 

 B. S. Williams some time before 1894. At 

 the Temple Show, May, 1906, it was exhibited 

 by Mr. W. A. Bilney, of Weybridge, while at 

 the great International Exhibition of 191 2 it 

 was included in Sir George Holford's notable 

 group and received an Award of Merit. 

 Under the care of Mr. H. G. Alexander tlie 

 Westonbirt plant has made rapid progress, 

 and this season has been a truly beautiful and 

 noteworthy sight. It carried twelve spikes, 

 one having eleven blooms, two with ten, two 

 with nine, three with seven, two with six and 

 two with five, making a total number of 92 

 flowers, each one being about five inches in 

 width. The colour is uniform straw-yellow, 

 all traces of the rose pigment being eliminated, 

 except in the two blotches on the labellum, 

 which are purplish-crimson. 



The following hybrids are known: — D. 

 porphyrogastrum (Huttoni x pulchellum), 

 Veitch, 1888; D. Stratius (moniliforme x 

 pulchellum), Veitch, 1892 ; D. illustre (chryso- 

 toxum X pulchellum), Veitch, 1895; D. Dalhou- 

 nobile (nobile x pulchellum), R. Brooman- 

 White, 1900 ; and D. Arthur Ashworth 

 (Brymerianum x pulchellum), E. Ashworth, 

 1906. 



" The Orchid Review." — Included in the 

 contents of the June issue are notes on Eria 

 pilifera and Epidendrum bicameratum. Illus- 

 trations are given of Miltonia .St. Andre and 

 Calanthe Cooksoniae. 



