128 ORCHIDS : HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



bulbs, as these become exhausted by the time the new pseudo 

 bulbs are matured about September, at which period the latter 

 lose their leaves, and from the base commence pushing up their 

 flowers, which expand in October and November, and immediately 

 they have flowered the plants can be shifted into a. fresh compost 

 of loam, peat, and sand. The pans should be three parts filled 

 with drainage and the compost left level with the rim, and on 

 this the bulbs should be placed, from 10 to 12 in a 6-inch 

 pan, at equal distances apart. These should be secured in their 

 positions by means of small pegs, and the surface between the 

 bulbs carefully covered with sphagnum. Very little water will 

 now be required — simply enough to keep the sphagnum moist 

 until the foliage is well up, when a liberal supply may be given 

 until the growth is completed. 



This species is very partial to much air and Hght and should 

 therefore be suspended near to the glass, and if possible, without 

 injury to the other plants, let this have direct sunlight upon it, 

 seeing at the same time that the plant does not suffer from 

 drought. Watering must be less frequent when the bulbs are 

 matured and begin to lose their foliage. The sepals and petals 

 are of a mauve-rose tint, and the lip white, yellow, and dark 

 crimson, and the flowers open near to the surface of the pan and 

 are singularly beautiful. 



Newly imported or established plants, 1/- to 1/6 per strong 

 bulb. 



Pleiots^e maculata. From Assam. 



This is a lovely companion to the preceding, and should have 

 similar treatment, but cannot withstand the strong sunlight ; it 

 also blooms during the autumn, and the sepals and petals are pure 

 white, and the lip white, yellow, and crimson. 



Newly imported or established plants, 1/- to 1/6 per strong 

 bulb. 



AiSTGULOA EuCKERi. From Colombia. 



This is a noble growing Orchid, and should be treated exactly 

 the same as advised for A. Clowesii. The flowers, which appear 

 in summer from the base of the pseudo bulbs, are of a yellowish 

 ground colour, tinted with orange-red. 



Newly imported or established plants vary from 7/6 to 10/6 

 and 15/- per strong leading bulb. 



