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DENDROBIUM aqueum. 
Watery Dendrobium. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orchidace^e. § Malaxed. 
DENDROBIUM. Swz. 
Sect. Eudendrobium ; foliis plants, jloribus gemellis , labello trilobo. 
D. aqueum ; foliis ovato-oblongis undulatis acuminatis, floribus patulis cornu 
brevi obtuso, sepalis petalisque ovatis, labelli trilobi pubescentis lacinia 
media ovata denticulata basi alte excavata lateralibus latioribus rotun- 
datis margine anteriore serrulato. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 6. 
Among the crowd of Indian species belonging to this large 
genus, or group of genera, the plant now figured seems to he 
hitherto unknown to the Botanists of India. With the man- 
ner of growth of D. Pierardi , its pale watery green flowers 
are quite destitute of the attractive colours of that gay 
species, and are entirely different in the structure of the lip, 
which is furnished with a large cavity, almost a pouch, at the 
base of the middle lobe, as is shewn at fig. 1. in the plate. It 
is also a much stouter plant, with wavy leaves. 
The figure was made in November, 1842, in the nursery 
of Messrs. Loddiges, who imported it from Bombay. 
1 his species may be grown in the same way as many other 
Dendrobiums, potted in rough turfy peat, well mixed with 
pieces of broken pots. For drainage, the pot should be nearly 
half filled with potsherds, and the soil elevated one fourth the 
height of the pot above its brim. Being thus potted, too 
much water can scarcely be given during the growing season. 
The house should be slightly shaded in sunny weather, taking 
care to keep the temperature as near 80° by day as possible, 
and about 68° by night. In autumn, as the young shoots be- 
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