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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 6ms, life ; because the 
species are generally found growing on trees. 
