The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



of rest must be granted, however ; otherwise it will 

 continue to grow, the flower-spike will not start, and 

 year by year it will diminish. Upon the other 

 hand, if kept too dry the spike will wither. If the 



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plants be examined twice a week in winter they 

 will be preserved from excess either way. 



The flower-sheath is developed before resting, and 

 it begins to swell in January, or even earlier, 

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