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Zygopetalums, may be selected. Many of them do fully 

 as well, however, in orchid pans, and, with the exception 

 of Cypripediums, Phaius, Lycaste, Ccelogynes, Calan- 

 thes, Masdevallias and Zygopetalums, which are terres- 

 trial orchids, baskets will generally be found better for 

 them. Stanhopeas need an open pan or basket, while 

 Cattleyas, Laelias, Phalaenopsis (Fig. 46), Vandas, Den- 



FIG. 44. ORCHID HASKETS. 



drobiums, Odontoglossoms, Epidendrums, and a few 

 others may be grown in sphagnum, on rafts, or upon 

 blocks of wood or cork, but they will require more atten- 

 tion than if grown in baskets. The terrestrial forms, 

 as enumerated above, should be grown in pots about one- 

 third rilled with broken crocks, over which a layer of 

 sphagnum is spread; upon this the plants are placed in 



