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It is much to be hoped that its culture is now better understood than when 
originally introduced nearly thirty years ago, for this seems to have been the 
difficulty with it. None of the group have a good record in this respect, which 
is rather unfortunate in the case of a plant like the present. Being a terrestrial 
plant and from a low elevation, it should be. placed in the warm house, and 
liberally watered during the growing season. If more were known of the precise 
conditions under which some of these plants occur in their native homes, there 
would be a much better chance of success, as many failures are not so much due 
to the impossibility of imitating the essential conditions under which they grow 
as from want of information as to their requirements. Many Orchids which were 
formerly considerable intractable are now easily grown, simply because their 
requirements are now better understood. A few carefully conducted experiments 
with some of these difficult plants would probably lead to some useful results. 
R. A. Roire. 
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