November 11, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
165 
THE KING OF THE 
DENDROBES. 
We are now in a position to illustrate and cor¬ 
roborate the remarks made by our correspon¬ 
dent "T.A.” at p. 98 concerning Dendrobium 
Phalaenopsis Schroderianum which has flowered and 
continues to flower so grandly in the nursery of Mr. 
ing a great variety of soft and beautiful colours. 
The size of these light coloured sorts is greater 
than that of the dark ones, for many of them measure 
3 in. to in. across the petals. One variety was 
nearly white, a flush of pink on the tips of the 
sepals and petals and a similar shade on the terminal 
lohe of the lip with purple lines being all the colour. 
That the basal half of the lip should be white is 
Accompanying the above were some flowers of 
the white Dendrobium album which comes in useful 
at this season of the year as wed as Cypripedium 
Spicerianum and C. insigne violaceum punctatum. 
The great substance of the sepals and petals of 
Cattleya labiata was remarkable and show that 
cultural treatment and a clear, clean atmosphere 
were all in their favour. The colour was also good. 
The Home of the King of the Dendrobes in Mr. Cypher’s Nursery at Cheltenham. 
James Cypher, Queen’s Road, Cheltenham. Of the 
great beauty and wide variation in this recent intro¬ 
duction there can be no question, and as time goes 
on we receive additional evidence of the capabilities 
of this species for brightening up the Orchid house 
during the autumn and early winter months. The 
illustration which we furnish of Mr. Cypher’s 
Dendrobium house, and which has been prepared 
from a photograph, speaks for itself. We have also 
received a box of blooms from Mr. Cypher, chiefly 
of the magnificent Dendrobe in question, show- 
remarkable. for in most cases the purple colour is 
darkest at the base of this organ and is often intensi¬ 
fied to crimson. Such is the case with those 
varieties having rosy-purple sepals and petals of 
greater or less intensity. The paler shades, which 
pass into white at the base of the sepals and petals, 
are also very handsome. The form which is known 
as D. Statterianum has the sepals and petals of a 
uniform dark purple, except at the very base where 
they deepen to crimson. The upper portion of the lip is 
some shades darker,aud the basal half maroon crimson. 
The same might be said of a large and handsome 
flower of C. Dowiana aurea, the stiffness and rigidity 
of segments being very marked. The sepals were 
spread out horizontally, but the much undulated and 
crisped petals were projected forward almost along¬ 
side of the lip. The crimson and yellow lines of the 
lip extended all over the tube of the lip, externally 
and internally, and the lamina as well, with e.xception 
of a portion around the apical sinus, which was rich 
crimson purple. Mr. Cypher is to be congratulated 
on his success with the new Dendrobe, 
