136 A FEW HINTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ORCHIDEOUS EPIPHYTES. 
spots ; the labelliim is white, spotted with dark red. The flower spike proceeds 
from the side of the fleshy stem, and produces from six to eight flowers. Some- 
times two spikes of flowers are produced at one time, as is the case now with a plant 
in our possession at Chatsworth. To grow it to perfection it requires to be placed 
in the hottest part of the Orchidese-house. The plant in appearance and habit 
greatly resembles the catasetums, and is treated with success in the same way as 
recommended for them. 
Dendrobium. — These are all curious and interesting plants. The D. speciosum 
is common in our stoves, and is very easy of cultivation, requiring merely to be 
kept in a damp atmosphere, in well drained pots filled with turfy peat, and partially 
sheltered from the rays of the sun. The flower spike grows from nine to twelve 
inches high, and produces abundance of pale yellow flowers. D. pulchellum is a 
native of Sylhet, where it grows upon trees. The flowers proceed singly from the 
joints of the old stem of the plant, particularly towards the end ; the sepals are 
white, tipped with yellowish green ; the petals are delicately marked with rose- 
colour, and the labellum is beautifully fringed, and blotched in the centre with 
bright orange red. Our plants thrive well in the stove^ potted in turfy peat, but 
it is customary with some collectors to pot it in chopped moss alone, D. moschatum 
is splendid, but as a figure and description of it will appear in our Magazine shortly, 
we will merely say here that the treatment resembles that of the last. D. aggregatmn 
puts up a slender drooping stem from the pseudo-bulb, which contains ten or twelve 
flowers of an orange-yellow colour. It is a native of India, where it grows upon 
trees. We give our plants a deal of heat, and as much moisture as the air of the 
house will afford consistently with the health of the other species. The soil is turfy 
peat. D. Pierardi and D, cucuUatum have so much resemblance to each other, 
that we should judge them to either be two varieties of the same species, or one 
and the same species varying under different treatment or situations. One of our 
plants has been flowering beautifully, in a well drained pot of turfy peat sus- 
pended from the rafter of the house. The sepals and petals are lilac or rose-colour, 
and the labellum is a light yellow. D, calceolaria grows in appearance something 
like D. moschata^ but the flowers are similar in colour to those of D. Pierardi. It 
is a beautiful species, and grows freely with us heated the same as the other species 
of similar habits. D. clirysantlium. This species we do not possess, nor have we 
seen it in flower ; but from a figure given by Dr. Lindley, Botanical Register^ t. 
1299, we should say it is elegant. The flowers are a deep yellow, and the inside 
of the labellum is marked with dark red. fimbriatum. The flowers of this 
species bear a great resemblance to those of the last in colour, but in other respects 
we believe there is a marked diflference betwixt them . Our plants thrive in pots of 
turfy peat, in a moist heat, and sheltered from the rays of the sun. D. longicornu 
is a native of Nepal. The flowers are white and very handsome. It is usually 
potted in leaf mould and chopped moss. D, moniliforme has flowers of a purple 
and white colour. It is well deserving every attention that can be paid to it.. 
Epidendrum. — The E. oncidioides is a beautiful showy kind, throwing up a 
branching flower stem from two to three feet long, after the manner of Oncidium 
