SEA FHOGLOTTIS 
A genus of terrestrial orchids of which a dozen or more species are known, two 
of them natives of North Queensland. They are not much grown in cultivation, 
but, as most of the species have graceful and rather colourful flowers, they deserve 
more attention from growers. Their culture presents no particular difficulty. 
They like warmish conditions generally, one or two species doing best under 
tropical treatment. For compost a mixture of loam, fibre, leaf-mould and dried 
dung, with ample drainage, will be found suitable. I have seen the native species 
growing in a garden border in a damp and somewhat shady spot, and they made 
a very colourful spot indeed when in flower, while their handsome, plaited leaves 
made them attractive when not in bloom. They like copious water in the growing 
period, but should be kept almost dry during the resting stage. 
SPATHOGLOTTIS AUREA. Native of Malaya, etc. 
A handsome species with small, ovoid pseudobulbs with narrow, plaited, lanceolate 
pointed leaves 3 feet long by 14 inches broad. The flower spike is about a foot 
high, bearing a number of flowers each about 3 inches across with oval-oblong 
sepals and petals, bright yellow in colour, the sepals being marked with a few 
brown lines and dots. Lip small, and yellow spotted with purple-brown. Side 
lobes erect and rounded, the front lobe variously narrow and acute, broad and 
rounded, or three-toothed, with a triangular secondary lobe on each side near 
the base. This species requires warm, moist conditions during the Summer, but 
dry treatment in the Winter. Flowers in Autumn and lasts a long time in beauty. 
SPATHOGLOTTIS FORTUNEI. Native of Hong Kong. 
A pretty species with flat, tuber-like pseudobulbs topped with three or four 
narrow, lanceolate, thin, pale green leaves about a foot in length. Flower scapes 
erect, one foot tall and somewhat downy. They carry six to eight flowers, each 
about 14 inches across, with ovate sepals and petals, the latter somewhat the 
broader, bright yellow in colour. The lip is trilobed, yellow, with lateral side 
lobes erect and tipped with chocolate, the front lobe cuneate and notched at the 
apex. This species likes rather cooler treatment than the other species and may 
be grown in an ordinary bushhouse in Brisbane and the North. Glasshouse treat- 
ment will serve better in the South. Flowers in late Summer and Autumn. 
SPATHOGLOTTIS PAULINAE. Native of N. Queensland. 
This pretty species has small, tuberous pseudobulbs with lanceolate, plaited leaves 
2 to 3 feet long and tapering at the base into a petiole. Scapes, 3 to 4 feet high, 
carry seven or eight deep purple flowers 1} inches wide, the lip being lighter in 
colour and trilobed, the laterals incurved and the middle lobe being clawed. 
Flowers in Summer and Autumn and lasts well. This species is often confused 
with S. plicata, which it somewhat resembles in colour. It can be grown out of 
doors in the warmer parts of Queensland, but will require glasshouse treatment 
in the South. 
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