88 ORCHIDS : HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



taken not to let the plant become dry dming the time it is carrying 

 its flower spikes, and it should be suspended near the glass. It 

 blooms about November, and after floweiing should be at rest 

 until the spring, only giving enough water to keep it in a plump 

 condition. If on a block or raft, watering once or twice a week 

 will be sufficient; but if in compost, then not so often. Good 

 plants, with two or three leads, can be bought at from 7/6 to 

 10/6, newly imported or semi -established. 



SOPHRONITES GRANDIFLORA. From Brazil. 

 This little gem is a very small-growing plant, requiring a 

 limited space only, and well deserves a place in every Cool Orchid- 

 house; the flowers are generally solitary, and with never more 

 than two on a footstalk ; colour brilliant scarlet, and varying in 

 size according to the strength of the pseudo bulb, the average width 

 of the flower being about an inch. It succeeds best grown in small 

 pans or baskets, and suspended near the glass, delighting in shade 

 it should never be exposed to bright sunshine, and thrives best in 

 peat and sphagnum in equal proportions, with a few small lumps 

 of charcoal to keep the compost open and porous. It should be 

 kept moist aU the year through, and does best at the warmest end 

 of the house, or may be removed to the Intermediate house during 

 the winter. Its flowering period is from November to March, and 

 good plants, with from four to five leads, can be bought for from 

 oj- to 10/- each, newly imported or established. 



Vanda Kimballiak^a. From Burmah. 

 This is a pretty little Orchid, and does well in a Cool house, 

 suspended in baskets where there is plenty of light, having only 

 just sufficient sphagnum moss about the roots to keep it firm in 

 position. The sphagnum should be kept moist, and the roots 

 luxuriate in a humid atmosphere, but diu-ing the winter veiy little 

 water is required, only sufficient to keep them plump and healthy. 

 It flowers during October and November, and the flowers are white 

 with bright rose. Good plants, with four or five leads, can be 

 purchased at from 7/6 to 10/6, newly imported or established. 



Masdeyallia Harrya:^a. From Colombia. 

 Rich orange -scarlet, of close dwarf habit of growth. Good 

 plants, having five or six leads, 5 - to 10'- each, established. Hee 

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