ORCHIDS. 
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Two other species are recorded from far away in 
East Gippsland, and although they belong to a genus 
which is usually epiphytal, yet these two species grow 
among the hills and the rocks. These are Dendrobium 
speeiosum, and Dendrobium striolatum. They are 
often called rock-Ulies, especially by visitors to the 
Blue Mountains in New South Wales. The former 
species is frequently grown in conservatories. It is 
hardy, it does not require much water in summer, but 
it must be protected from frosts. It bears long 
racemes of white flowers; one spike of sixty-three 
flowers has been recorded. 
The whole of the other species — there are nearly 
eighty of them — grow in the ground, and are there- 
fore called terrestrial orchids. These are well known, 
as it is hard to mistake an orchid for any other plant. 
The unusual shape and form, the peculiar structure 
in the centre of the flower called the column; the 
hood, the lip, the tongue, aU combine to form a flower 
which can only be classed as an orchid. The terrestrial 
species are usually common, and they do not belong 
to the section which is so costly to purchase. The 
orchid flowers are usually much sought after by 
collectors and by children; by the latter they are 
often called such names as “ cows,” “ goats,” 
“ hands,” “ parson-in- the-pulpit, ” “ spiders,” 
greenhoods,” and so on. 
Generally the “ spiders ” are the most popular. 
Their name is Caladenia, which was given to them 
in reference to the beautiful markings on that portion 
of the flower called the lip. Caladenia Patersoni is 
the name of the long-petalled spider orchid, the long 
