60 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, 1914. 
shading will yet be needed, for sunlight is now very necessary to the 
healthy development of the plants. 
In a mixed Intermediate Orchid house there are always many plants i 
bloom and various stages of growth. Winter-flowering Cypripediums will 
now be mostly over, and should, if requiring it, now be repotted, doing this 
operation with: care, removing any dead roots and leaves and afterwards 
setting the plant firmly in the new compost. Various materials are 
recommended by different growers, but I advise a mixture of good yellow 
loam, osmunda fibre, crushed crocks, and sphagnum, using this in a 
damp state, and keeping the plant rather on the dry side until it is seen to 
be rooting nicely in the new soil. | 
The majority of the winter-blooming Oncidiums are now over, and 
these, to keep them from deteriorating, must be repanned annually, using a 
mixture of polypodium fibre, oak leaves, and sphagnum moss. The present 
is a very suitable time for doing this, keeping the newly-panned plants well 
up to the light and almost dry. Towards the end of the month fresh signs 
of root activity should be observed, when the supply of water may be 
increased. on 
Dendrobiums should now be showing for flower, and these must be 
given as light a position as possible, to enable them to expand their blooms 
to perfection. A good dose of water will be usually required daily, as they 
are decidedly thirsty plants. The flowering bulbs should be neatly staked, 
when a much finer effect will be derived from a finely-bloomed specimen. 
Any plants of Lycaste Skinneri must now be kept well supplied with 
water, as their season for blooming is now approaching. Considering that 
they are so free-flowering and easy to manage, one wonders that they are 
not more widely grown. 2 
Epidendrum vitellinum should now be ready for repotting, using a rich 
mixture of osmunda fibre, oak leaves, and sphagnum moss, and taking 
great care never to set the base of the bulbs below the level of the rim of 
the’ pot, as otherwise they are very susceptible to rotting. ; 
SUGGESTED ADDITIONS. : 
L#LIOCATTLEYA LUMINOSA.—This is one of the handsomest of this race 
of bigeneric hybrids, and was raised from Cattleya Dowiana aurea and 
Lelia tenebrosa, and many distinct and very beautiful forms exist. 
Usually, however, the sepals and petals are pure lemon yellow, whilst the 
lip is deep purple veined with gold. These handsome flowers are of good 
size and are usually borne three to five on a spike during the months of 
July and August. It is generally easily procurable in good healty plants, 
and is not shy in flowering’as are some hybrids of Cattleya Dowiana aurea. 
Lzliocattleya luminosa should be given a slight rest after flowering, but as 
soon as fresh root action begins the plant may be repotted, : 
