Ili ! :
DF.NDROBIUM \¥ARDIANU.\I.
Caule mc'cliocritcr RracMcnlo noilato mino porrceto. foliin lanccoblis
uculis, floribus ex caulibus vutusiis gcininii tcmisvc, racntu Eiblxi
cuiiico vulgo siibbigibbo, scpalis oblongi? obliiiii acutlusculU, Kpali»
multo Inlioribus, Ubcllo oblongo mlnulliislmc lobulato, anllce tri.mgiilo,
circa column.-im basi volulo, disco aspcrulo, bas! [umido.
;m, b. Hook. ». M;.g., 5058 I
Wllll.nn3 Sci. Orcli., I., xix !
DIIXIJKOBIF.M WARUIANUM, K. Wariicr &
I. I,0\VII, W. G. Sin. l'ioral Mag., 2 Scr., I.
benigno missum); caute multo validtori, Toliii
inajoribus solitan'is listnic Icmis, inajfis tiiins
brcviori, mi»
labcllo lallnri,
M CANnmi:«, Rclib. f., Card. O.r.
r non cxc. Low, uti volull ci. T.
DcnJrabii Wardiani Lowii ncscio
Muore, Orchid Album, III., 113!
HUE OKN'DHOUIU.M WAUIII.\
N.S.V., 1876, Ap. S, 4fia (Auc
McDorc, qui amiciini noslram nomi
quo jure privai ll.^
I-"lorcs albi. Apiccs scpiilonim et lcp.iiorutn purpurei. I.abclli
drscus auruiti'acus inaculis duabus alropurpurcìs. Limbi apcx purpureus.
Ingentcm florcm misit cxc. Ilait, I.cc, Kent, 1S79.
Dcndrobium Wardianum ex .Assam, b. I.owii ex Hirrtia primum
:L. W. G :n pbnlao jam a prima irtroduc
Card. Chron., 1876, Ap. 23,
maculas labclli miiiorcs, c:
l'I.nnt,-!; Iiic (lepida; a me r
sunt ligunc analytica;.
. 438! indigiralum florcs habel rainoros,
ilcm minorcm orcctum magis nodalum.
n visaj improbe simile. l'IaiilK genuina;
1!. G. Rchb.f.
Till; person who first succeeded in intioducing Dcndrobium
Wai'diaiuini from Assam was Mr. T. Ward,
of Southampton, who flowered it in 1858. At first
it was thought to be simply a form of D. Falconcri,
;dso a native of North East India, chicfly on
account of similarity of the flower colouring, but the
(lower structure and liabit of growtli were foimd to
be widely different. It remained a rarity for years, indeed it \vas not until it was discovered in a new locality that a
plentiful supply of plants arrived in this countr)'. This new locality was in Burmah, the original habitat being Chuca,
in Assam. Although the plants from these two localities represent substantially the same species, there is sufficient
difference betweeu them to justify us in regarding them as varieties. The original Assamese form is characterised by
having more slender anil more pendulous pseudo-bulbs than the Burmese form, whose pseudo-bulbs hold themselves
almost erect, and moreo\-er are larger, longer and altogether more vigorous.
It is not a difficult Orchid to import and the plants invariably arrive in good condition if collectcd at the right
season. Collectors go first to Rangoon, then by steamer up the Irrawaddy to Bhamo, which town they make their headquarters.
Before the annexation of Burmah by the British, collectors were not allowed outside the walls of Bhamo,
consequently they had to send natives to the mountains to gather the plants. Considering the quantities that have been
imported to this country, ver>' few distinct varieties have appeared, although there is a considerable variation in individual
plants as regards size of the flowers and depth of colouring, and a pure albino (candidum) has occurred.
Dendrobium Wardianum is of easy culture, being of free growth and exceedingly floriferous. It delights in a hot
and moist atmosphere while in active growth, therefore the hottest Orchid house suiU it. Immediately after the plants
iiave flowered they should be placed in fresh soil; at that time the new growths will be |5ushing up, so that the plants
require a high temperature, with a moist atmosphere and an abundant supply of \rater. The temperature of the house
may even rise to 85 deg. or 90 deg. Fahr. during the daytime with sunheat, providing ample moisture is given. Little or
no shading is required if the house is ventilated during the hottest part of the day. About August or Sej)tember the bulbs
will be fully developed and the plants should be removed to a cool and airy house and kept perfectly dry through the
winter The temi>erature during the resting period should range within a few degrees of 50 deg., but not lower. When
the flo^ver buds ap|)ear in early spring the plants should have a warmer temperature, of alwut 60 deg. This Dendrobe
may be gro^vn either in pots or baskets, preferably the latter, as the growths, being somewhat pendulous, display themselves
better in suspended baskets than in ix)ts, beyond which there is the convenience of hanging the plants near the roof.
Finely-grown pseudo-bulbs range from 3 feet to eve., 4 feet in height, and abotit two inche.s in circumference. The flowers
are produced in clusters of two and three on the leafless pseudo-bulbs formed the precedmg season.
Dra«vn fmm a plant in possc.s.ion ofG. Hardy, ICsc,., I'lckcang Lodge, Timpcrley, Chc-.hire.