heated glasshouse treatment in Sydney and the cooler parts of Queensland, but an 
ordinary glasshouse giving a minimum temperature of about 60 degrees will serve 
in other parts. Ample moisture is required at all times, and even in mid- 
winter the plant must be kept moist. Flowers in mid to late Summer, and stays 
in bloom for an extended period with its long succession of blooms. 
Synonymous with Selenipedium Boissierianum. 
PHRAGMOPEDILUM CARICINUM. Native of Peru, 
Leaves grass-like, growing in clumps from a thick, creeping rhizome, rigid, pointed, 
green in colour, and about a foot high. Flower spike up to 18 inches or two feet 
tall. It carries up to six moderate-sized flowers, sepals and petals pale green, 
margined with white, and tipped with deep brown, the petals being narrow, twisted, 
and pendent. The pouch is bright green, with a row of black blotches on the 
inside rim. 
Unlike most of the Selenipedium class this species is best suited by cool treatment, 
and will do well in an ordinary bushhouse from Sydney northward. Give plenty 
of water during the summer, but just keep the compost slightly damp during the 
cold weather. 
Syn. Selenipedium Caricinum. 
PHRAGMOPEDILUM CAUDATUM. Native of Ecuador. 
Another, and perhaps the most charming, of the genus. Leaves are stiff, curved, 
bright green, about a foot in length, and 2 to 3 inches wide. Flower scapes grow 
from the centre of the matured growth, and are about 18 inches in height and 
carry 3 to 4 blooms. The dorsal and lower sepals are long and narrow, and curve 
forwards. The petals, very narrow, hang down like long ribbons, often reaching a 
length of two feet or over. Sepals and petals are yellow at the base, gradually 
changing first to brown and then purple. Pouch, about 2 inches long, is yellow, 
with red spots at the base, changing to reddish-brown. It flowers in late Summer 
or early Autumn, and the blooms last about a month. 
P. caudatum will need hothouse treatment in Sydney and the colder parts of 
Queensland, but in warmer areas a glasshouse, providing a minimum of about 
§0°-55°, will suit it admirably. This plant must have plenty of water at 
all times—the compost being kept moist even in Winter. Drainage must be 
absolutely perfect, and care must be taken to keep the compost free from any 
trace of sourness, as the roots are particularly sensitive to this. 
Syn.: Selenipedium caudatum or Uropedium caudatum. 
Var. Lindeni has a ribbon-shaped lip instead of a pouch, and is paler in colour. 
Syn.: Uropedium Lindeni. 
Var. Wallisii has sepals light green, marked with darker green. Petals white, 
veined with green, long and finely pointed, tipped with brown. Lip white, marked 
with crimson with a yellow edge round the mouth. 
PHRAGMOPEDILUM LINDLEYANUM. British Guiana. 
One of the Selenipediums belonging to the first group. A very strong type with 
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