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DENDROBIUM ANOSMUM. 
Messrs. Loddiges imported this handsome plant from the Philippine Islands in 
1840. 
In cultivation, it should be either attached to a block of wood or placed in a 
basket filled with rough peat and sphagnum, and hung from the roof of the orchid- 
house, as its character and habits suggest the propriety of elevating it, either above 
or on a level with the eye. It should be placed in a very warm temperature, and 
supplied with abundance of moisture whilst in a state of growth ; but when at rest 
treated like other Dendrobes with similar habits. It is easily increased by separating 
pieces of the old stems whilst in a state of torpidity. 
The generic name is derived from dendron, a tree, and bios, life ; because the 
species are generally found growing on trees. 
