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cut-flowers, it is found that by covering with moss, a great 

 many slugs are harbored, and consequently many flowers 

 are eaten by them. 



Cattleyas require frequent syringing during their grow- 

 ing season. The hose should be used freely, watering 

 overhead so as to saturate the sphagnum moss. After 

 flowering has ceased and the pseudobulb is mature, the 

 resting season begins. They* are then partly dormant. 

 Enough water should be given to prevent the pseudo- 

 bulb from shriveling. This resting causes new eyes to 

 develop slowly and these produce new flowering pseudo- 

 bulbs. As soon as these new breaks start, more moisture 

 should be given, and the new roots encouraged to grow. 

 If the boards, baskets or pots are occasionally taken from 

 the sash-bars and dipped, the growth will be more satis- 

 factory. It is believed that no cattleya should be more 

 than three feet from the glass. When grown in pots, they 

 are sometimes set on a staging which is near the glass. 

 This should be kept clean and frequently whitewashed. 



372. Coelogyne, botanical classification. (Name from 

 Greek, meaning hollow pistil), tribe Epidendrese ; species : 

 the most important commercial species is cristata; others 

 areasperata; Massangeana ; pandurata ; Day ana. 



373. Coelogyne, botanical characters. Epiphytes. 

 Ccelogynes are free-flowering species of the easiest cul- 

 ture. The pseudobulbs are numerous, nearly cylindrical, 

 or globular, especially so in C. cristata. They are 

 terminated during the growing season by one or two long 

 lanceolate leaves. The flowers are borne in a loose 

 raceme which springs from the base of the pseudobulb. 

 The individual flowers are rather large, pure white, except 

 the labellum which has fine, bright yellow blotches. 



Habitat. Tropical Asia. 



