PROPAGATION BY DIVISION 35 



or more pseudo-bulbs together. This operation can be 

 done at any season of the year, but it is most convenient 

 to do it at potting time, and, for preference, just before the 

 commencement of the natural growing season of the plant. 

 Small pieces should be placed in small Orchid pans or 

 baskets, but larger ones may be potted at once and placed 

 on the stage with the other plants. 



Dendrobiums may also be propagated by dividing the 

 plants, but a large section of the genus may also be pro- 

 pagated by cuttings of the pseudo-bulbs. This method 

 is specially useful for increasing a rare and fine variety 

 of Dendrobium nobile or others of the section, as a good 

 supply of plants can quickly be obtained in this way. The 

 method is to cut the pseudo-bulbs into lengths of two 

 or three inches and to place them in small Orchid pans, six 

 or eight in a pan, suspending the pan in a warm, moist 

 house. The Thunia section of Phaius, Epidendrum radi- 

 cans, and some other Epidendrums and Orchids of similar 

 growth may be multiplied in this manner. Further re- 

 marks on propagation will be found under the names of 

 the genera enumerated. 



CHAPTER VIII 

 WATERING EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS 



SUCCESS or failure with any class of Orchids depends 

 largely on the exercise of discretion in watering. While 

 it may be said that more specimens are lost by having too 

 little water, especially among the smaller-growing species, 



