The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Sarcochilus (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 360-1, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

S. indusiatum (smocked). fl. small, disposed in short, dense racemes; sepals and petals yellowish, spotted red; lip white; spur cylindric, with "a kind of bucket" at its apex. l. soft, shining, oblong, 3in. broad. Sunda Isles, 1886. SYN. Thrixspermum indusiatum.

S. purpureus (purple). fl. pale rose-coloured; lip of a deeper rosy-crimson than the sepals and petals, hollowed out near the tip somewhat in the form of a slipper; spikes about 8in. long, many-flowered. l. distichous, oblong-linear, emarginate, 3in. to 4in. long. India. SYN. Camarotis purpurea (L. S. O. 19; P. M. B. vii. 25).

S. unguiculatus (clawed). fl., sepals and petals light straw-colour; lip clawed, three-lobed, the side lobes white, streaked crimson, the middle lobe rounded, fleshy, dotted crimson; raceme three or four-flowered. Manilla, 1848. SYNS. Phalaenopsis Ruckeriana (of gardens) and Thrixspermum unguiculatum. (W. O. A. vi. 266.)

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