Plate 39:3. 

 SACCOLABIUM AMPTJLLACETJM IlOSEl'.M. 



The extensive and varied family of the OrcMdacecB supply us 

 with Mowers of the most varying character, both for colouring, 

 tin' form of 'the individual flowers, and the character of the 

 bloom. What seemingly more diverse than the flower of 

 Oncidium Papilio, poised on the extremity of itN Long stem of 

 four or five feet in length, and the larg e mass of Sacco- 



labiwm giganteum / what more diverse in colour than the pure 

 white flower of Phalcenopsis ambalis, and the bright rosy bloom 

 of the species we now figure ! In other tribes we gain a greater 

 similarity of form, hut in Orchids there seems to be no end to 

 the freaks of nature. 



The very beautiful Saccolabium which Mr. Andrews has so 

 exquisitely rendered, was exhibited during the past spring by 

 the Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, and at a Meeting of the 

 Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society was 

 awarded a first class certificate. They have been kind enough 

 to furnish us with the following notc^ as to its culture, etc.: — 



" Saccolabium ampullaceum roseum is a native of Moulmein, 

 and the treatment which succeeds best with it is that which is 

 adopted with its congeners, requiring in the growing season. 

 as at the present time, a tolerable supply of moisture, and 

 thriving best if placed in a wooden basket slung up to the 

 rafters of the Orchid-hot . 



••The particular plant exhibited bj us. and awarded a certi- 

 ficate by the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, we consider to be, without any exception, the very 

 finest variety ever introduced into the country. 



