126 ORCHIDS: HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



during the summer, and at no time allowing it to get dry enough to 

 cause much shrivelling as this greatly injures the plant. 



Thanks to the large importations which have recently arrived this 

 plant can now be bought at a low price say, about 5s. to 7s. 6d. per 

 strong leading growth. 



DENDROBIUM WARDIANUM. - From Burmah. 



I may assuredly say of this, that it is a magnificent species, and, 

 fortunately, plentiful in this country, as large importations are received 

 every spring. I recommend newly imported plants, and sturdy pieces 

 should be obtainable for about 2s. or 2s. 6d. per strong lead. It may 

 be grown in either pots or baskets and with the same treatment as D. 

 nobile, both in the growing and resting seasons. But with this species 

 it is necessary to give definite treatment, for, unlike the last named, it 

 is most detrimental to the plant when it starts into growth a second 

 time in the same year, and any such attempts should be frustrated at 

 the outset. In order to prevent this it should be removed to a cooler 

 temperature immediately the pseudobulbs are completed, gradually 

 lessening the supply of water. It is quite natural, however, for such 

 growth to make its appearance some time during the winter, and at the 

 same time to push its flower buds from the last formed pseudobulbs ; 

 but the appearance of either growth or flower bud should not tempt the 

 cultivator to straightway place his plants in greater heat, but to 

 continue a cool treatment so as to ensure slow and sturdy growth, and 

 when placed in more warmth, about February, it will make rapid 

 progress and speedily bloom, and every encouragement should then be 

 given the plant to make healthy growth, by giving it abundance of 

 light, heat, and moisture. The sepals and petals are pure white, 

 handsomely margined with bright pink, and in the centre of the flower 

 are orange and chocolate blotches. 



PHAL^NOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. Prom the Philippines. 



This Orchid is one that has baffled many good growers, even those 

 who have everything that is necessary to successful cultivation within 

 their reach, yet from some unexplainable reason they fail to make much 

 headway with this plant. This is somewhat difficult to understand, as 

 others who only give ordinary care and attention obtain excellent 

 results, much seeming to depend upon the house in which it is grown. 

 I, however, advise everyone to give it a trial, for, if the place suits it, 

 the plant is of great interest, even when not in bloom, on account of 

 its handsome foliage. 



Its handsome flowers are produced on long branching spikes, from 

 December to February, and are of a soft pale mauve tint, and it should 

 be grown in baskets suspended near the glass on the shady side of the 

 house, too much bright light being injurious, and it should be placed 



