. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 204 ORCHIDS Denclrobium. with dull red ; column orange-red. The flowers are developed in January or February, and remain fresh about a fortnight ; they change to a deep golden-yellow before perishing ; they are also remarkable for their strong primrose fragrance. The species thrives best when planted in baskets. Native of various parts of India ; introduced in 1837. (Fig. 62 ; Fig. 62 Flower of AUREUM [§ nat. ?i/e\ D. hefej-ocarpiim. B. M, t. 4708.) Var. Henshalli.— Pseudo- bulbs longer. Lip white, with a yellow blotch and two
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 204 ORCHIDS Denclrobium. with dull red ; column orange-red. The flowers are developed in January or February, and remain fresh about a fortnight ; they change to a deep golden-yellow before perishing ; they are also remarkable for their strong primrose fragrance. The species thrives best when planted in baskets. Native of various parts of India ; introduced in 1837. (Fig. 62 ; Fig. 62 Flower of AUREUM [§ nat. ?i/e\ D. hefej-ocarpiim. B. M, t. 4708.) Var. Henshalli.— Pseudo- bulbs longer. Lip white, with a yellow blotch and two reddish spots. (B. M., t. 4970, as D. hcterocarpiim Henshalli) A'ar. philippinense.— Pseudo-bulbs almost pen- dent, from 3ft. to 5ft. long. Flowers paler, and the seg- ments more acute, than in the type. D. BensoniaE(y?.7y'./;).— A handsome species, erect in habit, the pseudo-bulbs from I ft. to 2 ft. high, terete, yel- lowish when mature. Leaves about 2in. long, deciduous. Its lovely flowers, which are ;Mn. across, are produced in May and June, growing in twos or threes on the upper part of the stem :" the sepals "and petals are milk-white ; the lip is white, with an orange centre, and ornamented near the base with two large veivety-black blotches. This .species is a native of Moulmein, whence it was introduced to our gardens in 1S66, by Benson. It is not easily kept in health after about two years' cultivation. It should be planted in a pot or a basket, in peat-fibre and sphagnum, and be grown in a hot-house ; finished, the plants should be placed in an perature, and be kept dry. (B. M., t. 5679.) D. bigibbum (Li/idL).—This sturdy species has fusiform pseudo-bulbs, ift. to 2ft. high, and bears about half-a-dozen lance-shaped leaves 4in. long. Flower-spikes from near the apex of the two-year-old , erect, about ift. Ion?, bearing from four to twelve or more flowers, each of whic^'h is i|in. across, full ; the sepals are oblong : the
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