Dendrobium Hybrids

Dendrobium Hybrids forms, although not numerous, are well worth cultivating. Unlike those of many other   genera, they do not materially outdistance their progenitors in either form, colour, beauty, or other respect. Those species mentioned below are fairly representative.

Species
D. Alnsworthii (Ainsworth's). flower about 3in. across, with a strong,  Violet-like perfume; sepals and petals white, with a slight tinge of rose; lip white, with a large central blotch of claret-colour. February and March. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft. to 2 1/2ft. long, about 1/2in. in diameter. A strong, erect, stiff-growing stove plant, the foliage of which is retained on each pseudo-bulb for two years. Obtained from D. heterocarpum and D. nobile. (G. C. n. s., viii. 166.)

D. Dominyanum (Dominy's), flower rose-coloured, very pretty, produced upon two-year old bulbs. Spring. A very pretty hybrid between D. nobile and D. Linawianum, with habit and growth of the former. It is interesting from being the result of one of Mr. Dominy's first efforts in hybridising Orchids. Stove.

D. endocharis (side-flowering).* flower produced from the sides of  the two-year old pseudo-bulbs; sepals and petals nearly pure white; lip the same, but with brown lines. January. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft. long, 1/2in. in diameter. A very handsome stove plant, the result of a cross between D. heterocarpum and D. moniliforme.

D. Leechianum (Leech's). flower sepals and petals white, tipped  with rose-purple; lip margined with white; centre a large dark purple blotch. Hybrid between D. aureum and D. nobile. Greenhouse. (Gn., July 7, 1883.)

D. rhodostoma (red-mouthed), flower three or four together in a  pendulous bunch, which is produced from the upper parts of one-  year and older pseudo-bulbs; sepals and petals deep rose; lip large, well expanded, rosy-purple, with deep purple markings. Autumn. Pseudo-bulbs 2ft. to 2 1/2ft. high, 1/4in. in diameter. A very handsome Veitchian hybrid between D. Huttonii and D. sanguinolentum. Stove.

D. splendidissimum (very splendid), flower sepals and petals cream-coloured, tipped with purple; lip yellowish, with a black-ish-purple disk. A fine hybrid between D. aureum, and D. nobile or D. macrophyllum. Stove.