NOVEMBER, 1909.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 381 
SACCOLABIUM PENANGIANUM. 
THE interesting little Saccolabium penangianum, Hook. f., has appeared in 
cultivation. Some time ago a number of Orchids were received at Kew 
from the Brussels Botanic Garden, which were said to have been obtained 
from the Straits Settlements, and one which has just flowered proves to be 
this rare species. It was described in 1891 (Fl. Brit. Ind., vi. p. 57), from 
specimens collected on the Sonkey River, Penang, by Curtis, and a 
drawing from Perak by Kunstler, and was afterwards figured (Hook. Ic. 
Plant., t. 2129, fig. B; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., v. p. 47, t. 71). It is 
remarkable for having the rachis and pedicels of the flowers pubescent, a 
character not previously noticed in the genus. It is quite a small plant, the 
stem being only a few inches high, and the lanceolate, acute leaves are 2} 
to 3 inches long by ¢-inch broad. The flowers are crowded into a 
cylindrical spike about an inch long. The sepals are light yellow and 
puberulous outside, and the rest of the flower whitish, with the side lobes of 
the lip and wings of the column narrowly margined with purple. The spur 
is about twice as long as the sepals and narrowed towards the apex. 
Saccolabium is becoming rather a large genus, and a good many small- 
flowered species are not known in cultivation. KA. R. 
NOTES, 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during November, 
on the oth and 23rd, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 
hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
Meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will 
be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on November 4th and 18th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 
1 to 4 0’clock p.m. The following meeting is fixed for December 2nd. 
We have received the programme of the International Horticultural 
Exhibition to be held at Florence in May, 1911, under the auspices of the 
Société Royale Toscane d’Horticulture. The second section is devoted to 
Orchids, and contains 13 classes, chiefly for groups, for which gold and 
silver medals are offered. There is a class for terrestrial Orchids, and 
another for a specimen of Vanilla with flowers and fruit; also six Orchid 
classes in the section for novelties or plants of recent introduction. 
Odontoglossum x moortebeekiense, described at page 315, is a synonym 
of O. x Fletcherianum (O.R., xiv. pp. 248, 255). The earlier name was 
accidentally overlooked when the note was written. 
