9 to 12: inches. They are crowded with large, spider-like flowers, often exceeding 
3 inches in width. The narrow, pointed sepals and petals vary from a greenish- 
gold to dark yellow, blotched with reddish-brown; lip small and white. The 
flowers are delicately fragrant, but unfortunately are very short-lived, seldom 
lasting more than a day or two. Flowers in Spring. Treatment as for S. Ceciliae. 
SARCOCHILUS ERIOCHILUS. Native of New South Wales. 
I have not seen this small species, which is recorded by R. D. Fitzgerald. It is 
described as having small, white flowers, the mid-lobe of the tongue having two 
inturned cups which are very woolly. 
SARCOCHILUS FALCATUS. Native of South-east Queensland, New South 
Wales, and Victoria. 
A very charming species, but one which is rather difficult to keep in cultivation. 
Stems 2 to 3 inches long, sheathed with the bases of the oblong, falcate, green 
leaves, which are about 4 inches long. Racemes, 3 to 4 inches long, bear up to 
six (though rarely more than four) white or creamy flowers with oblong sepals 
and petals each about half an inch in length. The short, thick lip has rather large 
side lobes, while the disk has a two-lobed scale between the lateral lobes. The 
labellum is white with vari-coloured markings. Flowers late Spring and lasts a 
couple of weeks or more. 
Var. montanus.—Has purplish markings on the lip and segments. Leaves shorter 
than in the type. This species grows upon the mossy bark of trees in moist gullies 
or on the lower slopes of the mountains and the dividing range. It requires cool, 
shady conditions with plenty of moisture in the Summer, but very little in the 
Winter period. In its natural state the roots seem barely to touch the host tree’s 
bark, and seem rather to depend upon the moss for support. Therefore they are 
not suitable subjects for potting, and it is better to attach them lightly to a 
piece of tree fern bark or a piece of a branch from a forest tree. Possibly the blister 
method will suit them. 
SARCOCHILUS FITZGERALDII. Native of Queensland and New South Wales. 
This is probably the most charming of the native species of Sarcochilus. Its short 
rather slender stems are fully furnished with linear, pointed, dark green leaves 
in my bush-house, also many on which I have mounted legs, either nailed on the outside or 
driven as pegs through holes, after the old 3-legged milking stool fashion. I have given many 
away and have about fifty on hand ready to plant. 
You may think I possess opportunities enjoyed by few to procure these, but many others 
should also be able to get some. 
They are a natural affinity, warmer in winter than pots, kinder to roots, and practically 
indestructible; the root growth of some Dendrobiums forms a network all over the blister; 
Cattleyas also thrive in them. 
Method of Potting—First select the blister required and in the case of Dendrobiums fill 
at least a third with crocks and charcoal; I also use chopped lumps of old bone; then cut with 
knife or old saw a cone-shaped piece of tough fibred staghorn peat slightly larger round than 
the diameter of blister and flat on the bottom, rising sharply to a central peak. Wedge this down 
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