50 BRASSIA, ETC. 



When they have completed their growth, water 

 will only be required in sufficient quantity to keep 

 the mould from getting perfectly dry, and the 

 plants ought to be allowed to remain this way until 

 they either flower or make a fresh growth : in the 

 latter case moisture in the house will be sufficient 

 for them. By attending to these directions a strong 

 flowering and vigorous growth w ill result ; the 

 temperature during the growing season should 

 be the same as for the South American species. 



The genus Odonfoglosstim is a beautiful one, 

 and well deserves cultivation ; they may be 

 grown either in shallow pots or pans ; the latter 

 are the best : they will also succeed well on blocks 

 of wood covered with sphagnum, placed rather 

 thickly, with a free supply of water while they are 

 growing, this is essential, or they will not flower 

 so fine as they ought to do. It is one of the easiest 

 in cultivation when properly attended to ; for pot 

 cultivation they should have a good drainage 

 underneath, to ensure which the pots should be 

 nearly three parts filled with broken sherds, and 

 the plants placed a little higher than the rim 

 in a compost of turfy peat, chopped sphagnum, 

 and rotten wood, all mixed together: I have found 

 this to answer best for them. The best speci- 

 mens of O. grande grown by this treatment have 

 produced as many as nine racemes of flowers on 

 one plant, with five and six flowers on a raceme ; 



