Dendrobium Cassiope 
DENDROBIUM 
Dendrobiums are a genus of epiphytal Orchids containing many species of considerable horticultura 
merit. More than 300 in number, the species are distributed through the tropical countries of the Eastern 
Hemisphere, Australia, Japan, China, India and the Philippine Islands furnishing large quantities. Most 
of the commercial Dendrobiums are easily cultivated, and their brightly-colored, serviceable flowers are 
freely produced. In dealing with such an extensive genus, having so many different forms, it is but natural 
that the mode of culture should vary somewhat, but their treatment can be understood and the desired 
result usually accomplished when it is borne in mind that as a general rule they require heat and abundance 
of moisture when growing, a season of cooler temperature and a reasonable exposure to air and light to ripen 
the growth, and a drier season to produce and mature the flowers, which are mostly large and showy, deli¬ 
cately colored and quite fragrant. In habit, the plants vary from the dwarf and tufted, about three inches 
in height, to species with pseudo-bulbs growing three to four feet high and lusty in proportion. A compost 
of fibrous peat and sphagnum moss, in equal parts, suits them best, and they should be grown in pans, 
hung near the glass. 
Each 
DENDROBIUM aggregatum majus. $7.50 
D. X Ainsworthii ( aureurn X nobile ). . $3.50 to 5.00 
D. amplum. 10.00 
D. anceps.$3.50 to 5.00 
D. X Apollo grandiflorum. 3.50 to 5.00 
D. X Artemus ( splendidissimum o ran diflorum 
X aureum ) .$3.50 to 5.00 
D. X Aspasia (D. Wardianum X D. aureum). 
Small plants.$3.50 to 5.00 
D. atro-violacum. New Guinea. 2.00 
D. Bensoni.$2.50 to 3.50 
D. bigibbum. 2.50 
D. Bronckhardtii. 5.00 
D. X Burfordiense ( aureum X Linawianum ) . . Each 
$3.50 to $5.00 
D. Brymerianum. Flowers golden-yellow, 
with a long netted fimbriated lip; very beauti¬ 
ful. Spring. Burma.$3.50 to 5.00 
D. Cambridgeanum. (Syn. ochreatum.) Bright 
orange-yellow flowers with a large, deep red 
blotch on lip. Spring. India.$3.50 to 5.00 
D. X Cassiope ( nobile albiflorum X monili- 
forme .$2.50 to 3.50 
D. chrysanthum. Flower bright orange-yel¬ 
low, with two maroon spots on the lip, which 
is orbicular, with fimbriate margin. India. . . 2.50 
D. X clirysodiscus (D. Findlayanum X D. 
Ainsworthi) .$3.50 to $5.00 
Small, healthy plants to grow on. 2.50 
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