. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . d lip having besides a green blotch on each sideof the disk, which is deep orange ; they are abundantlyproduced in pairs, and continue in full beauty for a considerabletime.—Moulmein. Fig.—Bot. Mag., t. 5520 ; Xenia Orch., ii. t. 155. D. splendidissimum, Bchb. f.—A handsome hybrid, raisedin Messrs. Veitchs establishment at Chelsea. It is a crossbetween D. nobile and D. aureum, and in growth most resemblesthe first-named parent. The sepals and petals are whitefaintly tinged with ros
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . d lip having besides a green blotch on each sideof the disk, which is deep orange ; they are abundantlyproduced in pairs, and continue in full beauty for a considerabletime.—Moulmein. Fig.—Bot. Mag., t. 5520 ; Xenia Orch., ii. t. 155. D. splendidissimum, Bchb. f.—A handsome hybrid, raisedin Messrs. Veitchs establishment at Chelsea. It is a crossbetween D. nobile and D. aureum, and in growth most resemblesthe first-named parent. The sepals and petals are whitefaintly tinged with rose, and the lip is white, having a fainttinge of yellow in it, and a rich deep purple blotch in thecentre. It flowers in January and February. D. Ainsworthiiand D. Leechianum have the same parentage.—Garden hybrid. D. SUaTissinmni, Bchb. f.—A handsome compact-growingspecies, resembling D. chrysotoxiim in habit. The stems areshort, stout, fusiform, deeply furrowed, clustered, about three-leaved, the leaves oblong acute. The flowers, which exhalea delicious perfume, are produced in gracefully drooping. DENDROBIUli
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