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17. Dendrobium aureum is another beautiful species : the sepals 
and petals being of a light gold colour, with the lip like burnished 
gold, and somewhat fringed. It is an upright growing species, 
the pseudo bulbs being very small at the base, and thickening 
towards the top, which gives it the appearance of a club ; does 
well either in a basket or pot; requires a good rest when done 
growing. This, like all the others, requires to have its flowers 
grown and expanded in a moist heat; so that all of them as soon 
as they show for flower, should be taken out of the dry-house, and 
put into the moist and hot one, till such time as the flowers are 
expanded ; they then should be taken into the dry-house, there to 
remain till they have finished flowering ; they then should be 
taken back into the growing-house. A native of Ceylon ; in¬ 
troduced in 1 837. 
18. Dendrobium Paxloni. —Colour of the flowers is orange 
and yellow, that is, the sepals and petals are yellow, while the lip 
is orange. This is a neat and handsome species ; the leaves are 
Linnean pointed, of a pale green. This is not a large growing 
species. The flowers proceed out from near the top of the pseudo 
bulbs, opposite the leaves, in spikes : a native of the East Indies ; 
introduced in 1837- It does well either in a basket or pot ; re¬ 
quires a dry rest when done growing, as all the species do ; and 
they all require plenty of heat, and to be well watered and 
syringed when growing, that is, after they have got into a strong 
state of growth. When they are taken out of the dry-house for 
flowering, very little water should be given, but they should be 
gently syringed. 
19. Dendrobium denudans is a pretty species : the pseudo 
bulbs are about one foot and a half long, pendent when well 
grown ; the leaves are ovate and pointed, very small ; the flower 
spikes come out opposite the leaves, about ten on a pseudo bulb ; 
the flowers are white ; the sepals and petals are white, and very 
linear ; the petals fold over the column, while the sepals spread 
out, the lip is of a greenish white, and round and recurved at the 
apex : a native of Nepaul; introduced in 1838. This requires a 
dry rest when done growing ; a basket is best suited for it; this 
flowers as soon as it has completed its growth. 
20. Dendrobium stuposum. — The flowers are white; the 
sepals and petals are of a greenish white, while the lip is almost 
a pure white, beautifully striped, or rather veined ; the leaves are 
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