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CHAPTER VII. 



THE GENERA APORUM, CIRRHOPETALUM, BOL- 

 BOPHYLLUM, SOPHRONITES, GUNNIA, AND 

 LEPTOTES. 



These are inhabitants of various woods of 

 India and Brazil, possessing a temperature of 

 70" to 78°, abounding with moisture, almost to 

 excess, but it must not be considered that the 

 same may be applied under artificial treatment 

 without caution or regulation. 



The mode that I follow in the cultivation of 

 these genera, is to place them upon small pieces 

 of wood, or cork-barked oak, suitable to the size 

 of the plant, covering their roots with sphagnum, 

 neatly fastened down with wire : the best time 

 for such purposes is when they are making their 

 fresh growth, which is generally about the latter 

 end of June to the middle of September : when 

 grown this way they require looking over every 

 day to see if any be dry, for while growing the 

 moss should be kept constantly damp, but not 

 to saturation, or else their roots will rot. 

 But the genus Leptotes may be grown to ad- 

 vantage under pot cultivation ; and as the plant is 



