ORCHIDS OF LESSER VALUE 199 



high, flowers orange-red ; S. giganteum, more than a foot 

 high, flowers white, spotted with purple, lip deep violet-purple ; 

 S. MiNiATUM, small flowers, orange-red ; S. violaceum, a foot or 

 more high, flowers white with violet-purple spots, and violet-purple 

 lip. 



SCHOMBURGKIA 



The Schomburgkias are strong growers, and need the same 

 treatment as Cattleyas. They do not flower with any degree of 

 regularity, and therefore are not popular or valuable. The flowers 

 are of moderate size, and carried, several together, in small spikes. 

 S. Lyonsii is white and purple, with yellow margin to the lip. 

 S. TiBiciNis, the best known species, has purple-brown, undulate 

 sepals and petals, and the lip is white, yellow and purple. 



SCUTICARIA 



The two species of Scuticaria are remarkable for their long, 

 pendulous, fleshy, terete leaves, and fleshy, short stemmed flowers, 

 three inches across. They should be fixed to a block of wood and 

 suspended in the stove, though S. Hadwenii will do very well in 

 an intermediate house. A little sphagnum about the roots is all 

 that is needed as rooting material. Give plenty of water when 

 growing and very little when resting. S. Hadwenii is greenish 

 yellow, with brown spots. S. Steelii is yellow, marked with 

 deep red. 



