synonymous with Saccolabium Blumei (q.v.). Stems stout and robust, and 
sheathed with the bases of the long, fleshy, channelled, dark green leaves, which 
grow to a foot or more in length and 14 inches in width. Spikes are produced 
from the axils of the leaves and reach a length of from 10 inches to 20 or even 24 
inches. They are thickly crowded with flowers each from } to }-inch in width. 
These are white, beautifully spotted with deep pink, the labellum being almost 
entirely coloured. Said to be fragrant, but I have never been able to detect this 
feature. Flowers in early Summer and lasts from three to four weeks. 
Syn. Saccolabium retusum. 
Var. praemorsum.—Syn. of Sac. Blumei, q.v. 
SACCOLABIUM and ALLIED GENERA 
A genus of evergreen, tropical, epiphytical orchids, many of the species of which 
are extremely attractive. The name comes from the sack-like lip. They all need 
warm treatment, and for most species the application of artificial heat will be 
necessary in Sydney and other centres where the temperature range is lower than 
60-80 degrees. In the warmer parts of Brisbane and the North, glasshouses with- 
out artificial heat will serve. I have known them grow in ordinary, open bush- 
houses, but under these circumstances they are rather shy in flowering. Where 
they are grown under cool conditions, care must be taken to keep them as dry 
as possible during the Winter months. They require very moist conditions through- 
out the Summer. This applies both to the compost and to the atmosphere about 
them. A compost of polypodium or osmunda with a little matured cow-dung and 
a topping of sphagnum moss will be most satisfactory. They like plenty of 
light, and direct sunrays will do them no harm, provided they are protected from 
the midday sun, which is liable to burn the leaves. 
SACCOLABIUM BLUME], a variety of Rhynchostylis retusa. Native of India 
and Java. 
A very fine species with erect, leafy stems reaching a height of up to 18 or 20 
inches, and sheathed with the bases of the strap-shaped, bright green, channelled, 
praemorse or truncate leaves, which grow in two rows along the stem. These are 
not so broad nor so arched as those of Rhynchostylis retusa. The flowers grow 
on pendulous, axillary racemes, and are crowded with good sized blooms having 
white sepals and petals with a faint rosy blush and a few spots of reddish purple 
or magenta. The lip is saccate and deep rose-pink. It flowers in early Summer 
and lasts up to three weeks. 
Syn. Rynchostylis retusa praemorsa, Sac. Rheedii, Aerides praemorsum. 
Var. majus.—Flowers larger and less profusely spotted. Plant more robust in 
growth. Blooms appear in early Spring. 
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