16 OECHID-GROWEr's MANrAL. 



The flowers should not in any case be wetted. This is a 

 very important point. 



The following are a few of those which I have tried in a 

 sitting-room during the months of May, June, July, and 

 August. I have kept Saccolabium guttatum in this way for 

 five weeks, and Aerides affine for the same time. Aerides 

 odoratum, A. roseimi, and some of the Dendrohiums, as nohile 

 and coerulescens, I have kept in a room for four or five weeks. 

 Dendrobium monilifoi'rne, D. macrophyllum, D. pulchellum, 

 and D. Ruckeri, last a much longer time in bloom if they 

 are kept cool than if in a high temperature. Various species 

 of Brassia, Oncidium, Epidendrum, Odontoglossum, Cyrto- 

 cJiilum, Trichopiliaf and Maxillaria, with Lycaste Skinneri, 

 L. aromatica, L. cruenta, Aspasia lunata, and all the 

 Cattleyas, succeed well in a cool room or house, and their 

 flowers keep fresh for a much longer time. I have kept LcbUci 

 majalis in a cool room for four or five weeks, and L. fiava, 

 under similar circumstances, will also keep a much longer 

 time in blossom than in the warm house. When the flowers 

 begin to fade, the plants should be removed to the stove, 

 where they may be placed in the coolest end, with plenty of 

 shade ; they should be kept in this position for about ten 

 days, for if they are at once exposed to the sun they are very 

 apt to become scorched. 



POTTING EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS. 



jHEN the season of rest is over, many Orchids will 

 require re-potting, but in my practice I have not 

 confined myself to that time only. No season can 

 absolutely be determined on as the proper one for this opera- 



