Our OMyte #m ""* I. a compact, evergreen plant, with *tf V"**** 



M * inches fn height, and of a Uv,U green colon. The leaves proceed from the op or U,c huH* an 

 ore about a foot in height The flowcr^ikes are ponced with the young growth and reach to Urn ng* 

 of about a couple of fee,, bearing a dozen Howe, on a spike, each of them bang two niches » *«*», 

 the sepals and ^ white; the lip brood, and of n beautiful rosy-purple, w,.h the .us „n mange. 



blossoms ppJ in ^ July, and ... four or five weeks, if they are no! -cUed-for we ««£. 



,o spot, and Ac water which drops from .he rafters win seriously injure then, Tins plan . from Guatemala, 

 and is there found on trees. We have .vend specie* of the genus from the same country. I ,v rcquue o 

 be treated according to the position in which .hey are found; some thrive in .he more exposed parte of th 

 country, others in fc«U. some near .he margins of streams, ami some on rock* where they ob.au, bu h te 

 nourishment. Ye. in aU tire* legalities -hey appear to thrive. If collectors would but avour us w. h (h 

 particulars of the situations in which llic .-vera, species abound and grow the mos. freely, we should not 

 Lt with half the failure, that we now do. Cultivators necessarily have to hy exnenmente m the absence 

 of this kind of information, before .hey can ascertain .be necessities of particular planfe, and sometimes 

 [hey may, but often they do not, at first hit upon the correct treatment. 



' The cause of the frequent failures in the management of .his Odontoglet arises from * bcu.g grown in 



too much l.eat.-though it requires more heat than some other kind-. We have always found it , W «U in 



the house with CMley*. UHa*, etc., where .be bra. in winter ranges fro... 50 to GO and dunng .he 



nring months is allow,! to rise from CO to 70*. In warm summer weather no lire heat is requtsdc, fart it 



is necessary on cold we. days and nights, for .ho damp may cause the young growths and spikes to rot off , 



this indeed' frequently happens if .he spikes are not kept off .he soil by means of small sticks. The mo,. 



suitable treatment for the plants when showing flower, is to suspend the pel or basket to .be roof, so that 



the pendulous spikes may hang downwards, and this being the natural habit, preserves the young buds. A\ e 



often hear of the (lower .pikes damping off, bu. if the plants were suspended in .his way .he difficulty would 



Q0 doubt Ik- got over. Many Orchids have been los. by keeping .hem all the year round ... too high a 



temperature, but it would be wrong to keep them continually in a eool house, though 0Jo»/<$l<m*m* will 



suffer less by the latter practice than many others. T. may he successfully grown either on a block or in 



a pot or basket ; indeed, we have grown i. in different way., with nearly equal success. The material best 



suited for the roots is rough fibrous peal and sphagnum moss, with good drainage; and they must not 



have too much water, at any time, only just sufficient lo keept the soil moistened, while in the resting-time, 



which is from October to February, they must only have sufficient to keep the bulbs plump. The plant 



,lmws (lower with the young growth, when about two or tfarcc inches in length. The best time to repot 



if requisite, is just at the commencement of the growing-period, 



It is propagated by dividing the bulbs in spring, selecting two old bulb with a young growth in front ; 

 after dividing, le. them be potted or placed on a block, in the same material as that already recommended, 

 and put them in .be warmest part of the house, giving a little water to settle the earth at the roots. Care 

 must be taken to elevate the plant above the pot rim. 



This plant is not subject to the depredations of insects, cxcopl ihe scale, which should he cleared off by 

 cleansing with a sponge and soil tepid waler. 





