small, white tinged with yellow and bordered with purple. Disk white. Flowers 
in Summer and lasts up to six weeks in beauty. 
SOU TIARA 
Another small genus of epiphytical orchids rarely if ever grown in Australia, but 
intensely interesting in their form and handsome in their flowers. From their 
nature they are rather difficult to transport, but an opportunity may arise by 
which we may have an opportunity of getting a few established plants from 
South America. In their native state the Scuticarias grow upon trees exposed to 
the sunlight in the intense heat of the tropics. They do best when grown upon 
blocks of hardwood or tree fern or upon rafts, suspended in full sunlight. The 
treatment recommended for Schomburgkias will suit them in all respects. The 
best species are:— 
SCUTICARIA HADWENII. Native of tropical Brazil. 
This species grows from a short, knotty rhizome, having a swollen base from 
which a cluster of terete, acute leaves about 18 inches long usually hangs (but 
occasionally stands erect). Flowers are produced singly (rarely in pairs) from a 
short, erect scape. They are up to or over 4 inches across. Sepals and petals 
oblong, pointed, yellowish-green, prominently blotched with red-brown. Lip 
three-lobed, about 1§ inches broad across the obovate front lobe; the lateral lobes 
being particularly well marked. Flowers at various times of the year and lasts 
six or seven weeks in beauty. 
Var. bella.—Sepals and petals yellowish outside and bright crimson spotted and 
blotched with sulphur-yellow inside. Lip white, spotted with light brown on 
the disk and side lobes, and with mauve on the front lobe. 
SCUTICARIA STEELI. Native of British Guiana. 
The invariably pendent, terete leaves are about as thick as an ordinary lead pencil, 
very flexible, channelled on one side, and reaching a length of over 4 feet. Flowers, 
about 4 inches wide, are produced on a short scape, from one to three blooms 
being developed at a time, though usually they are solitary. Sepals and petals 
broadly oblong and overlapping, pale yellow with numerous blotches of chocolate. 
Lip creamy-white striped with brownish-purple, with three orange teeth in the 
front of the oblong crest. Flowers at various seasons and lasts for a long time. 
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