198 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



flowers, and R. R. majus is larger than the type, and a very- 

 handsome Orchid. 



RODRIGUEZIA 



The Rodriguezias, or Burlingtonias, to give them their old 

 name, are dwarf plants, best grown in peat and sphagnum, in 

 baskets suspended in the Intermediate House. They are ever- 

 green, and therefore must always be kept moist at the roots. 

 The flowers are pretty, borne in drooping spikes rather less than 

 a foot long. The best are R. decora, with white flowers, 

 sometimes pale rose, spotted with red, and a white lip ; this 

 has ascending rhizomes, and is best grown against a raft. 

 R. FRAGRANS, white, with yellow throat, very fragrant ; 

 R. PUBESCENS, white and yellow ; R. secunda, rosy pink, with 

 darker lip, one of the prettiest. 



SACCOLABIUM 



The Saccolabiums are tropical epiphytal plants, chiefly from 

 India, Burmah, and the Malay Peninsula. They have a Vanda- 

 like habit, but are smaller, and range from a few inches up to a 

 foot or so in height ; they should be grown in the same way as 

 the Aerides and Vandas, in a warm, moist atmosphere. The 

 flowers are not large, but they are carried in rather dense, 

 pendulous spikes that are produced from the axils of the leaves. 

 The best are S. ampullaceum, rosy carmine ; S. bellinum, fleshy 

 flowers, rather large for the family, yellow, spotted with purple, 

 lip white and yellow, with purple spots ; S. curvifolium, a foot 



