i THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Jan.-Fep., rgtyg. 
maintain a minimum temperature of about 65°, but during colder weather 
the temperature may be allowed to run down to 60° without harm accruing. 
Any check given to these plants during the development of the flowers, 
either from too much or too little water, or from too low a temperature, will 
reduce the size of the flowers to a considerable extent. When the flowering 
season is past, they should be kept quiet until the new growths get well 
away, when the necessary repotting may be undertaken. 
SPATHOGLOTTIS.—These..Warm house Orchids are not represented in 
our collections as much as their merits deserve, as they are of easy cultiva- 
tion, and produce their useful blooms since early autumn. These plants 
delight in a humid position, well up to the light, and with the exception 0; 
S. Fortunei, which is deciduous, should receive water at the roots whenever 
they become dry. S. Fortunei requires a thorough rest after its flowering 
season is over, which should be maintained until the young grewths show 
signs of activity in the spring. It should be rested where it has been grown, 
and not placed in a cooler house. A suitablecompost for‘all of them is two 
parts good fibrous loam, and one part peat, leaf soil and sphagnum moss, 
these being well mixed together, with a liberal sprinkling of coarse sand and 
small crocks. Ordinary pots are the best receptacles, which should be 
crocked in the usual way. Potting should be done when the young growths 
have got nicely away and are about to push new roots. The plants should 
be potted moderately firmly, and, being vigorous growers, they should have 
new material each year. When pushing up their flower spikes they will 
benefit by an occasional watering with weak liquid manure. 
L2&LIA ANCEPS.—For producing flowers during the winter, the varieties 
of this beautiful plant take a prominent place. The white varieties are 
specially valuable in what is probably the dullest season of the Orchid year. 
When their flowering period is over, they should be allowed to rest, and 
when new roots are observed to be pushing from the rhizome, any necessary 
new rooting material should be given. It is not desirable to repot the whole, 
stock in the same season, unless the plants are in bad condition, as in many 
cases it takes the plants one season to recover thoroughly after being dis- 
turbed. In repotting large specimens it is advisable to take them carefully 
to pieces, cutting them up to two or three bulbs. The back bulbs may be 
potted separately, or remain with the leading ones, as they will all break, 
unless very old, or the rhizome has been buried, and the e 
osmunda fibre, when it is to be obtained, cut up, 
pieces, and mixed with a small quantity of sphagnum 
compost. Newly-potted plants will not require much water for some time, 
providing the material is in the proper condition when used, namely, neither 
wet nor dry. The white varieties, especially, should be induced to rest as 
‘long as possible, as they then break away more freely, 
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