In North Queensland both species of this genus could be grown without any 
difficulty in the bushhouse or even outside in a shady place. In Brisbane, bush- 
house treatment would do in the warmer areas throughout the year, providing 
the plant is sheltered from draughts and chills in the Winter months. In the 
cooler parts of the City it would be desirable to get it under glass for the mid- 
winter months. In Sydney, glasshouse treatment would be desirable for the greater 
part of the year, as the variations in temperature are greater there than is the 
case in Queensland. 
ARUNDINA GRAMINIFOLIA (syn: Arundina bambusifolia). A Native of 
Northern India, Nepal, Burma, the Moluccas, and occasionally met with in 
the Celebes. 
Stems reed-like, from three to five feet high, with sword-like (ensiform) light 
green leaves, the appearance of the plant resembling that of a bamboo. The 
flowers issue from the apex of the stems in a short spike and are like a small 
variety of Cattleya, both in shape and in colouring. Sepals and petals approxi- 
ately vieux-rose in colour, the lip being a deeper shade lined with orange and 
generally with a white throat. Although spread over a wide range in their 
natural state, in each country where they are found they frequent the same type 
of place—a glen where the atmosphere is moist and hot and where, although they 
have plenty of light, the direct rays of the sun are broken before they reach the 
plant. There seems to be no reason why this plant should not become acclimatised 
and later be grown in the herbaceous border of our Queensland gardens just as 
the Epidendrums we grow here are sometimes treated. 
DEE. TERA 
Another terrestrial genus of the Epidendrum tribe, akin to the Calanthes, Phaius 
and Arundinas, and related to the Brassavolas. Although there are many species 
of wide distribution only two of them are worth cultivating, the others being 
primarily of academic botanic interest. 
They are very hardy and are easily acclimatised. Some years ago quite a patch 
of them was to be seen growing like a native plant at French’s Forest, outside 
Sydney. How they were started there is not known, but they flourished exceed- 
ingly until the vandals got to work and rooted them up. Now there is no sign 
of them. However, this shows that they can be adapted for ordinary garden 
culture in Australia. 
For pot culture they like a reasonably rich compost and the one recommended 
for Arundinas should suit them admirably. Ordinary bushhouse culture will 
suit them right from Sydney to Brisbane and a little further North. In the 
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