ORCHID SPECIES 



EODBIGUEZIA LEOCHILINA, Rchb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 970. 



Introduced from Costa Eica and flowered at Chelsea in July 1871. It 

 is closely allied to Kodriguezia maculata, from which species it differs 

 in its even white lip. 



SACCOLABIUM BIGIBBUM, Rchb. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5767 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 113. 



Discovered by Colonel Benson in Upper Burmah and sent to us in 

 1868. 



It is still occasionally imported amongst Burmese orchids. 



The plant is of dwarf habit, the flowers small, of a yellow colour, with a 

 triangular whitish fringed lip. 



SACCOLABIUM GIGANTEUM, Lindl 



Bot. Mag. t. 5635 ; Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 1194; PI. des Serres, torn. xvii. t. 1765; 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1868, p. 25 ; id. Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 114, fig. 



First discovered in the early part of the last century by one of Dr. 

 Wallich's collectors near Prome in Lower Burmah. In 1859 it was next 

 heard of, having been sent to Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, in whose 

 garden at Farnham Castle it flowered in the autumn of 1862. 



Plants continued to be extremely rare until re-introduced through 

 Colonel Benson in 1866 from Prome and Thayetmayo. 



SACCOLABIUM HUTTONI, Hook. 



Syns. Aerides Huttoni, Hort. Veitch. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1868, p. 23; Bot. Mag. t. 5681 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. 



p. 70. 



Introduced through Henry Hutton in 1866, and received only shortly 

 after his early death in the Eastern Archipelago. 



The exact locality whence Hutton introduced his plants is not known, 

 and the plant remained scarce until again found by Curtis in 1882 in 

 North Celebes, growing on mangrove trees near the sea-shore. 



SACCOLABIUM MINIATUM, Lindl. 



Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, sub t. 26; id. t. 58; Bot. Mag. t. 5326; Veitchs' Man. Orch. 

 PI. pt. vii. p. 117 ; Orchid Review, 1896, vol. iv. p. 178. 



Introduced from Java by Thomas Lobb in 1846, but now rarely seen in 

 orchid collections in this country. The racemes of small but richly 

 coloured flowers are produced in May and continue a long time in perfec- 

 tion. According to The Orchid Eeview, above quoted, there is probably an 

 error in recording Java as its home, as it has not since been collected in 



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