Lee, and he has built a house to meet their special wants. This is undoubtedly a 
good plan to adopt where there is such a fine and comprehensive set of plants as 
are to be found in this establishment, since they require different treatment to most 
other Orchids. They have thick fleshy leaves, and the stems of the plant are also 
fleshy, while, unlike many Orchids, they have no thick pseudobulbs from which to 
derive support; hence it follows that they require more ‘moisture than many others. 
We do not, however, agree with giving them so much as we often see supplied. 
One great advantage of having a separate house for them is that thei individual 
treatment and wants can be more carefully studied and more exactly met. 
We have seen Phalenopsids grown well amongst other East Indian Orchids. For 
instance, we exhibited a plant so grown of Phalaenopsis grandiflora for ten successive 
years at the Chiswick and Regent’s Park Exhibitions, and at several shows during 
each year, and it generally bore from sixty to seventy blossoms. This was the 
variety imported from Java, which we consider the best, as it produces more flowers 
than the variety from Borneo. We see that growers now-a-days are obliged to put 
several plants together in order to make a specimen fit for exhibition. There were 
others who about that time also exhibited these large plants, and, amongst them 
Mr. Kinghorn showed at Chiswick a wonderful specimen, bearing the best flower- 
spike we have ever seen. 
Phalaenopsis amabilis Dayana requires the same treatment as P. grandiflora and 
P. amabilis, and will do either in a pot, basket, or pan, suspended from the roof. 
It will also thrive on the side stages, but in this case requires to be elevated 
so that the roots can hang free, for they are abundant rooting plants. If 
suspended from the roof the plants have more room to throw out their thick fleshy 
roots, and in this way they approach nearer to the manner in which they grow 
in their native habitats, for they are found on the branches and stems of trees, 
where they obtain a free circulation of air. When thus suspended they get without 
restraint the fresh air that circulates through the house. They can also be cultivated 
on blocks, but under these circumstances they will require to be more freely supplied 
with moisture. These are plants that like plenty of light, but they must be shielded 
from the sun by shading. The best material to grow them in is sphagnum moss, 
with good drainage, and they require to be kept moist all the year round, In warm 
weather they of course require more than in winter, when just a sufficient quantity 
to keep the moss in a moist condition will be all that they will need. It is 
imperative never to allow water to reach the heart of the plant, for that will 
sometimes induce it to rot, and will often cause the leaves to go spotted. 
The plants must, of necessity, be kept free from insects. Sometimes the thmps 
will attack them, but this should be cleaned off. To be thoroughly successful with 
Orchids they require constant watching. Cockroaches are a great pest to all those 
that throw out thick fleshy roots, which they injure by gnawing them off, thereby 
weakening the constitution of the plant. J. 8. Bockett, Esq., of Stamford Hill, has 
one of the finest grown collections of Phalenopsis we have ever seen, but this, of 
course, has been in process of formation for years, and the plants have become 
large established specimens. 2 
