112 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JuLy-AuGusT, 1919. 
placing them as far as possible in batches which require the same treatment, 
and this will make the treatment easier and more simple. 
SEEDLINGS will now be making progress, and as they require new 
rooting material, repotting should be attended to, while those that are on 
the seed beds should be pricked out as’soon as they attain sufficient size. 
The one great aim in growing seedling Orchids should be to keep them 
centinually growing, as time lost cannot be regained. Many seed pods will 
now be approaching maturity, and directly the seed is ripe it should be 
sown on prepared pots, or around the base of an established plant, 
according to its respective family. Seedling raising at the present day is 
much better understood than formerly, and most growers have now some 
experience with the methods explained. . 
Vanpas.—As such plants as Vanda teres and V. Miss Joaquim pass out 
of bloom, any necessary repotting should be attended to. Those that are 
leggy should have their stems cut off so that the bottom leaves just rest on 
the top of the new compost. Five or six stems should be placed in a well- 
drained pot, each stem being tied firmly to a neat strong stake, the pots 
then being surfaced with growing sphagnum moss. For a few weeks after 
disturbance, the plants should be carefully shaded, and by that time many 
young roots will have started, ifa moist atmosphere has been maintained. 
When the new roots are nicely away, and new growth pushing, the plants 
may be gradually exposed to direct sunlight. The remaining parts of the 
old stems, under the same treatment, will soon send out fresh growths, and 
these new shoots, if they grow well, may be removed next season, thereby 
increasing the stock. It may be necessary now to look to home production 
for the increase of many Orchids which in the past were imported in large 
quantities, as importations will probably be limited in the future. During 
active growth, these Vandas should have plenty of sunshine and copious 
sytingings overhead several times a day. A warm, sunny corner in the 
hottest house will make suitable quarters for these heat-loving plants whilst 
making their growths. The rare V. Hookeriana generally flowers at this 
Season, and when the blooms are over should be attended to as advised for 
V. teres. V. Kimballiana and its variety alba, with V. Amesiana and 
Renanthera Imschootiana, should be grown in a sunny position in the 
Cattleya house, where fresh air can circulate freely around them. Such 
plants as V. ccerulea, tricolor, suavis, and others, which were cut down and 
repotted in the spring months, and are now well rooted and re-established, 
may be inured to more light and air to consolidate the new growth, 
otherwise there is danger of spot attacking them when the cold days and 
* nights of autumn come. 
CATTLEYAS AND ALLIES.—The general principles of culture laid down 
in previous Calendars may be applied to this large and popular group. 
