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disappeared in a very short time from all our collections. M. Van BraNTEGHEM, 
of Brussels, the skilful grower of cool Orchids, informs me that it is very difficult 
and capricious. ” Mr Witson SAUNDERS, on the other hand, declares that 
“ placed in a cool shady house it grows freely, and produces its flowers very 
regularly, when potted in spongy peat and sphagnum and carefully drained. ” 
Botanically it is allied to Warscewiczella and other genera, one of whose 
peculiarities is that of not producing pseudobulbs, and these have ever proved 
difficult to cultivate successfully in Europe. One great difficulty is the want of 
information as to the precise conditions under which they grow in a wild state. 
If these were accurately known it is probable that some of the difficulties would 
vanish, as cultivators have been to a great extent experimenting in the dark. 
Successful methods are sometimes hit upon under these circumstances, though 
too frequently after long periods of disastrous failure, which a little correct 
information might have prevented. In the culture of this species the conditions 
mentioned by Mr Wirson Saunpers, as above cited, should be closely followed. 
R. A. Ro.ire. 
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