30 cxxxvi. 0RCHIDEJ2. [. Desmotrichum. 
(2) D. Kelsalli Ridl. Dendrobium Kelsalli Ridl. Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxxii. 237. 
Stems much branched, 15 in. long; pseudobulbs fusiform, 1 in. 
long, *12 in. through. Leaf lanceolate sub-obtuse, 1-5 in. long, 
*25 in. wide. Flowers *5 in. wide. Upper sepals ovate blunt, 
laterals much larger; mentum large blunt. Petals smaller lorate, 
pale green. Lip side-lobes broad blunt greenish, disc crimson purple 
with 3 keels, midlobe horseshoe-shaped orange. Hab. On trees in 
mountains, Johor, Pulau Aor (Feilding). Pahang, Gunong Tahan 
at 3000 to 6000 ft. altitude; Ivluang Terbang (Barnes). Malacca, 
Mt. Ophir. Perak, Thaiping Hills. Kedah Peak. 
(3) D. Ardeni Ridl. Dendrobium Ardeni Ridl. Journ. As. 
Soc. 50, p. 132. 
Stems slender branched; pseudobulbs cylindric, slightly flattened 
olive-green, 1*5 in. long, -26 in. through. Leaves lanceolate-linear, 
3 to 4 in. long, -25 to *5 in. wide. Flowers nearly -5 in. wide. 
Sepals oblong, laterals recurved blunt cream faintly purple-veined. 
Mentum short broad conic. Petals linear acute. Lip as in Kelsalli 
but side-lobes short round pink; midlobe clawed with a round 
bilobed limb, disc and claw violet pink, limb creamy yellow, 2 
large fleshy semi-elliptic deep purple cushions on disc. Column 
lemon yellow. Hab. Rare, Johor, Kukub; Tempayan River 
(Ridley). 
(4) D. criniferum Lindl. Bot. Reg. Misc. 41. 
Large plant, 2 ft. tall, much branched; pseudobulbs linear 
oblong flattened, 2 in. long, *25 in. through. Leaf elliptic or ovate- 
elliptic blunt, 3 in. long and wide. Flowers in pairs; pedicel and 
ovary *75 in. long. Sepals -36 in. long, lanceolate acute, pale 
yellow; mentum short and broad. Lip as long, side-lobes falcate 
acute yellow with crimson lines, midlobe spotted purple, keels 2, 
crimson running to midlobe and there sinuous, midlobe linear 
waved, tip covered with yellow filaments. Column short, white 
spotted purple. Hab. Mangrove trees, common, Singapore, Kranji; 
Changi. Johor, Batu Pahat. Negri Sembilan, Siliau (Williams). 
Distrib. Rhio, Java. Borneo, Papua. 
This may be the plant intended by Blume under Dendrobium comatum, 
which would be its earliest name, but I am not sure of this. 
(5) D. fimbriatum Bl. Bijd. 320. Dendrobium flabellum Rchb. 
fil. Xenia Orch. ii. 75, t. 118; Ridl. Mat. i. 36. D. Kunstleri 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 714. 
Large much-branched plant ; pseudobulbs ovate flat, olive or 
purplish, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide, *5 in. thick. Leaf ovate to lanceolate 
blunt, 5 to 6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Flowers 1 in. wide; pedicels 
•5 in. long. Bracts 2 ovate-lanceolate soon broken into fibres. 
Sepals lanceolate acute, mentum conic sub-acute as long. Petals 
linear, all cream, spotted pink. Lip base linear, side-lobes narrow 
acute, straw colour, tips rosy, midlobe pandurate oblong, sides 
