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long stiff bulbs are best grown in pots, well drained, in 

 peat; moss, charcoal, and potsherds ; they should gen- 

 erally have large pots. 



The species with drooping bulbs should be grown in 

 baskets in moss or peat. 



Those with short bulbs should be grown on blocks, 

 with moss during the growing season, but bare when at 

 rest. 



To flower these plants well, they must have a good 

 season of rest and growth. 



They should be grown in the East Indian house, with 

 plenty of heat and moisture, and water at the roots dur- 

 ing growth ; the moss or peat should then never be 

 allowed to dry. After they have finished growing, give 

 them a good season of rest, moving them into a cooler 

 house, and only give water enough to keep the bulbs from 

 shriveling. They generally grow after the flowers have 

 faded. The plants are propagated by division or from 

 plants which form on the old pseudo-bulbs, as we have 

 described in the chapter on propagation. If these plants 

 are kept growing they will give plenty of shoots but few 

 flowers. 



Of all the many Dendrobiums, and new species are dis- 

 covered each year, there is hardly one which is not worth 

 growing, though some are not very showy. 



Dendrochilum. Blume. Epiphyte. 



Name from SevSpov, a tree, and x e *^*> a Hp 

 B. Dendrochilum filiforme. Manilla. 



A pretty, low-growing plant, with neat foliage, and 

 graceful, drooping, yellowish flowers, in summer. 



