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orchid-geovj-ek's manual. 



Culture. — The treatment recommended for Vanda as regards heat and 

 moisture will also suit these plants. They require the temperature of 

 the East Indian house, and should be potted in living sphagnum moss, 

 with an abundance of drainage. They will do well on blocks if they 

 obtain a good supply of water during the growing season. During 

 winter give them only enough water to keep their stems and leaves from 

 shrivelling. At all times they should be kept as much exposed to light 

 as possible, and be shaded only sufiBciently to keep them from the burning 

 rays of the sun. They are propagated in the same way asAerides and Vanda. 



R. ARACHNITES.— See Arachnanthe moschifeka. 



R. COCCINEA, Loureiro. — A somewhat scandent straggling plant, though 

 when well managed a really superb and showy subject. The stems often attam 



KENANTHERA COCCINEA. 



as'mucli as 12 feet or more in height, and are freely furnished with long fleshj- 

 clinging roots, and on either side with distichous linear-oblong emarginate leaves 



