SACCOLABIUM CURVIFOLIUM. 



fPLATE 107.J 



J^ative of India (Mepnl and Biiinah) and Ceylon, 



Epiphj 



Stem dwarf, erect, densely 



bliquely prsemorse, witli an acute apex, defl 



L 



d 



distirlion?', linear, 



clinnucllcd towards tlu^ 



green. 



L 



pe 

 br 



erect from the upper axils, six iuelies 



r 



\ 



pale green, braetcate, the ped 



s 



red, 



at the l)a>se. Flo 



l>rio:ht 



six-angled, willi 



nscly Howercd, the 



a Pinall ovate 



abar-red, about an incli aciuas, somcwhnt 



() 



f 



a 



'P 

 if< 



k: 



llclise 



to 



concave; dorsal sepal obovate, witli a claw-like base, entire; Jatcml scrinh Fome- 

 what broader at the base, and unequal-sided, all spreading, and 



cinnabar-red; petals of the same form as the dorsal sepal, and of a similar tint of 

 colour; lip with a cylindraceous obtuse spur over a quarter of an ineh hmg, 

 the front side of which is attached a tongue-like linear lamina, truneatcly-emnrginate 

 at the apex, and having a central paler orange rib with two knobs at the top of 

 the spur-tube ; at the back of the s]>ur are two bhort erect lobes, which ar(^ convex 

 outwardly, and with a boss or protuberance on the inner surface ; lip more ornnc^e 

 than the sepals, the processes at the end of the spur yellow ; spur of the same 

 colour as the lip. Column short, deep red, scnu-tcrete, the angle winged upwards, 

 the anther-case tinted with violet. 



Saccolabium CURVIFOLIUM, Luidlei/, Genera and Speeies qj Orcludoopous PJnnts, 222 ; 



Bateman, Second Century 

 Horticole, xii., t. 493. 



Orchidaceous Plants, t. 130 ; Lcmaire, L' Illustration 



Lcmaire. 



Saccolabium miniatum, Hooker, Botanical Magazine, t. 5326 — fide Bateman an«l 



• 



The 



Saccolahiunis rank amonof the richest and most beautiful of the Ore 



family; indeed, there are some magnificent species among those 



ted 



our 







houses, which we 



hope to figure as time passes on. 



introduce to our subscribers one of th 



e small gro 



In the present illustration we 

 kinds, and one ( 



f tl 



le m 



Oi 

 D. 



hich we have seen 



as regar 



fio- 

 o 



was taken from a well-grown pi 



Leatherh 



habit and the colour of its flowers. 

 n the fine collection of W. Lee, Esq., 

 serve is collecting and cultivating, 



along with the other 

 that can be obtained 



whom we are glad to observe is 



East Indian kinds, the best species and varic^ties of thi" genu 



Sac col ah 



urn curvifoUum is a dwarf and compact-growin": evergreen plant 



seldom 



seen more than a foot in 



heiffht, T\ntli foliage of 



or fiv( 

 briofht 



ches in length. 



It 



& 



IS a 



a light 



QTCcn colour, about fon 



free-blooming kind, pr 



'>' 



l1 June its 



o--. orange -scarlet flowers, which continue m a 



slow 

 of it 



ff ro win rr 



and 



IS sc 



Idom 



fresh state for weeks 



Su] 



It 



■ If 



seen forming large specimens 



are 



imp 



and these when set upon blocks of 



1 form 



IS a ver\ 



4/ 



S TUaSbUa 



charming 



