Stenoglottis
(from stenos, narrow, and glotta, a tongue; alluding to the narrow lip). ORD. Orchideae. A monotypic genus. The species is a greenhouse, terrestrial Orchid, allied to Habenaria. It thrives in a compost of loam and rotten leaves, with the addition of small pieces of decayed wood and charcoal. The temperature of an intermediate house is most suitable. Water must be plentifully supplied during the growing season. Propagation may be effected by division.
S. fimbriata (fringed). fl. rosy-pink, rather small, scattered on a slender spike, sub-secund; sepals free, sub-equal, at length spreading; petals similar, but smaller; lip spreading from the column, narrow, as long as the sepals, trifid at apex, not spurred; column very short. l. clustered at the base of the stem, oblong. Root tuberous, or consisting of fascicled, fleshy fibres. South Africa, 1871. (B. M. 5872.)