Tab. 5635. 



SACOOLABIUM giganteum. 

 Gigantic Saccolabiu m. 



Nat. Ord. Okchidejs. — Gynaudkia Monandia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5433.) 



Saccolabivm giganteum ; foiiis latissimis coriaceis crassis apice inaequali 

 obtuse bilobis racemo densifloro subsecundo subsequalibus, sepalis 

 cuneato-ovatis obtuse acutis, petalis angustioribtis, labelli lamina eura 

 columna subparallela ob ealcaris limbos laterales praeruptos liberos 

 cuneato-Habellata apice trifida, laciniis lateralibus semirhombeis, la- 

 cinia media ligulata crassa retusa baud producta, lineis barbellatia 

 geminis in basi utrinque in latus ealcaris compressi cylindracei conici 

 transceudentibus ibi spbincterem efficientibus, columna brevi recli- 

 nata, anthera breve rostrata, polliniis spbeericis breve stipitatis. Hchb. 



Saccolabium giganteum. TVall. ; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 221. 



Vanda densiflora. Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. t. 42. Folia Orch. Vanda, n. 22. 

 Gard. Chron. 1866, 1194. 



The honour of introducing this beautiful plant, as well as 

 of having been the first to flower it, belongs to the Bishop 

 of Winchester, in whose collection at. Farnham Castle it 

 made its appearance several years ago. Unfortunately the 

 Bishop's plants were small, and the spikes produced — though 

 sufficient to enable Dr. Lindley to recognize the species — 

 gave but an imperfect idea of the noble aspect that it would 

 eventually assume. The plant moreover is so exceedingly 

 slow in its movements, that notwithstanding the generous 

 anxiety of the Bishop to distribute it, a century might have 

 elapsed before all the orchidians amongst her Majesty's sub- 

 jects could have been supplied, had no further addition been 

 made to the number of imported specimens. Happily how- 

 ever about a year ago a fresh supply of fine plants were re- 

 ceived by Messrs. Veitch from Rangoon, having been sent to 

 them by the gallant Colonel whose name will be worthily 

 perpetuated in the Vanda (V. Bensoni), lately figured in this 



APRIL 1st, 1867. 



