roadsides, where it obtains much light and but little shade. They thrive best in 
rough fibrous peat and sphagnum moss; the drainage must be kept in good working 
order, and the plant should be elevated above the edge of the pan or basket. The 
potting material must at all times be kept sweet, and free from stagnant moisture, 
as the roots grow more freely when they can work down amongst the soil and 
drainage material. 7 
All the Odontoglosswm Rossii section thrive best when grown cool, in similar 
situations and under the same conditions as O. Alexandre (crispum) and its 
congeners, as, like them, they enjoy a cool moist house, in which they are shaded 
from the hottest sun, but are exposed to all the light possible to be obtained. 
These plants are propagated by division, and the best time to perform the 
operation is just as they begin to grow, leaving about two bulbs at the back of 
the leading one. After they are divided, place the pieces in small pans, with the 
same material about them as we recommend above for old plants; hang them in a 
shady part of the house until they begin to make roots and grow, when they may 
be subjected to the same treatment as the established plants. 
