November. The species was first flowered by Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney ;_ but: 
the gentleman to whom we are indebted for the plants now to be found in this 
country is Major-General Berkeley, of the Indian Army, from a district of south- 
western Bombay, where the rainfall is excessive. The plant must therefore be 
grown in a very moist atmosphere, and it also likes an abundance of heat when 
growing. We have found this plant to thrive upon blocks, but these will only 
accommodate small plants, and we therefore recommend the use of shallow hanging 
baskets in which to grow the plants, draining the same thoroughly, and using for 
soil good fibrous peat and living sphagnum moss, which should be made firm in the 
basket, so that the plant does not rock about. Nothing is more distressing to 
any plant than to have its roots strained every time the basket is taken down to 
dip or to remove it, and which, if continued, eventually leads to its death. The 
plant should be well exposed to the sun during the summer months (its season of 
growth), shading only from the burning sun in the middle of the day; during the 
winter a somewhat cooler and drier house will suit it admirably, care, however, 
being taken that the stems do not suffer from over draught, and at the same time 
from too much cold. The cool end of the Cattleya or intermediate house will be 
the most suitable position for it during the winter months, from whence it may 
be removed when re-potted early in spring. 
