Dendrobium Cassiope 
DENDROBIUM 
Dendrobiums are a genus of epiphytal Orchids containing many species of considerable horticultural 
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 quanti¬ 
ties. 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 ex¬ 
posure to air and light to ripen the growth, and a drier season to produce and mature the flowers, 
which are mostly large and showy, delicately 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. 
Bach 
DENDROBIUM anceps .. $5.00 
D. Art emus ( splendidissimum grandiflorum 
X aureum ) .. 7.50 
D. Aspasia (D . Wardianum X D. aureum ). 
Small plants . 5.00 
D. atro-violacum. New Guinea. 2.00 
D. Bensoui . $2.50 to 3.50 
D. bigibbum . 2.50 
D. Brymerianum. Flowers golden-yellow, 
with a long netted fimbriated lip; very 
beautiful. Spring. Burma. 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. Cassiope (nobile albiflorum X moniU- 
forme ) -. . ..$3.50 to 5.00 
Small, healthy plants to grow on in 2*4- 
inch pots . 2.50 
D. chrysanthum. Flower bright orange- 
yellow, with two maroon spots on the lip, 
which is orbicular, with fimbriate margin. 
India .. 2.50 
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