TRICHOGLOTTIS FASCIATA. 
[PLaTE 208. ] 
Natwe of Eastern Tropical Asia 
Epiphytal. Stem erect, stout, leafy, scandent, throwing out coarse fleshy roots. 
Leaves about three inches long, and over an inch broad, oblong obtuse, apiculate, 
recurved at the apex, the under surface keeled, the base sheathing the stem, which 
is green. Peduncles lateral, springing from the sides of the stem opposite the 
leaves, and bearing a short raceme of about four largish showy flowers, attached by 
trigonous pedicels. Flowers spreading, two inches across; sepals (dorsal) cuneate 
oblong, apiculate, pale greenish yellow, closely cross-banded with pale chestnut-brown, 
the lateral ones of the same size, form, and colour, but faleately curved towards 
each other; petals similar; lip shorter than the sepals and petals, three-lobed, the 
two lateral lobes broad, erect, with acute front angles, the front lobe flat, oblong- 
ovoid, blunt, blush-white, with a few faint brown dots, a pair of acute falcate arms 
standing out right and left in front of the Jateral lobes. Colwmn short, yellow at 
the tip, stained with brown below. 
TricHoGLoriis Fasctata, Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1872, 699. 
Lrichoglottis is a small genus of Orchids, of which the only one that has come 
under our notice is the plant here figured. It is a very peculiar-growing plant, 
and is rare. It grows somewhat in the way of a Renanthera, throwing out its 
stout roots and racemose flower spikes much in the same way; but the plant is 
more free in producing its numerous and shorter spikes of very pretty flowers, as 
will be seen by our illustration, which was prepared from a drawing representing 
& vigorous plant in the collection of G. Heriot, Esq., Cholmeley Park, Highgate, who 
cultivates some good Orchids as well as other plants. 
Trichoglottis fasciata is an evergreen species of scandent growth, and is furnished 
with blunt oblong light green leaves, the peduncles of flowers proceeding from 
Opposite the leaves on each ‘side of the stem. The sepals and petals are pale yellow 
barred with brown, and the lip is blush-white. This pretty species bloomed in 
April of the present year under the care of Mr. Aldous, who has grown the plant 
in the East India house. 
We should advise the cultivator to grow it in a pot with live sphagnum moss - 
and good drainage, giving it a liberal supply of water during its period of growth ; 
and as it roots freely up tbe stem, producing thickish fleshy roots, we should 
recommend to give gentle syringings during the warm days of summer, which 
would be beneficial, In its native country, it is found on trees, where it gets a 
Supply of the heavy rains in the growing season, and in the dry season it imbibes 
the heavy night dew, which is a great help to those ‘Orchids that have no fleshy 
Pseudobulbs upon which to draw for support. | 
