To be cultivated successfully, it should be suspended 

 from the rafters of the Orchidaceous house upon a block of 

 wood. The block should be surrounded with a little turfy 

 peat or sphagnum, to retain the moisture upon which the 

 roots feed. If sphagnum is used, care must be taken that 

 it does not come in contact with the more tender part of the 

 plant, as it is apt to rot them. In this condition it should 

 be freely syringed during the growing season, and never at 

 any time be kept too dry. 



