42 COOL ORCHID GROWING. 



of this Aerides are as healfcbj as ever, and are now growing 

 and flowering vigorously. 



It would be folly to recommend Indian Epiphytes, as 

 Phala3nopsids, Vandas, &c., to be removed to the house in the 

 winter season ; but with many of the Odontoglossums and 

 Lycastes, this may be done with impunity if due precautions are 

 taken in frosty weather to prevent the plants being frozen in 

 transit. Lycaste Skinneri and its many beautiful varieties 

 will last for weeks together in an ordinary sitting room, the 

 temperature of which does not sink below 40° ; and the same 

 maybe said of Odontoglossum Alexandrge, Oncidiumnubigenum, 

 and other species from the cool summits of the Peruvian Andes. 

 During the summer months there is little danger to be feared 

 if the plants are set in a sheltered position in the room, and 

 not subjected to cold cutting draughts ; but in the winter we 

 would strongly recommend the use of close cases, while for 

 small plants — as Sophronitis grandiflora, S. cernua, and Cypri- 

 pedium insigne, C. venustnm, &c. — common glass shades will 

 suffice to protect them from cold draughts and the aridity of 

 the atmosphere, which last is most to be feared in sharp frosty 

 weather. The compost in the pots should be allowed to 

 get comparatively dry before they are removed to a lower 

 temperature, there being several degrees of difference in 

 temperature between soil that is wet and dry. The following 

 is a list of Orchids suitable for the decoration of the sitting- 

 room : — Lycaste Skinneri, L. cruenta and L. aromatica ; 

 Coelogyne cristata ; Oncidium nubigenum, 0. Phalasnopsis, 

 and 0. cucullatum ; Cattleya citrina ; L^lia albida, L. autumn- 

 alis, L. furfuracea, and L. anceps ; Barkeria spectabilis and 

 B. Skinneri ; Sophronitis grandiflora and S. cernua ; Ada 

 aurantiaca; Odontoglossum AlexandraB and O. Pescatorei, 

 Vanda ceerulea ; Cypripedium barbatum, 0. venustnm, C. vil- 

 losum, C. insigne, and Zygopetalum Mackayi. 



