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to their requirements is found, the difficulties are readily sur- 

 mounted. I grow them satisfactorily in a shady, damp corner 

 of the Phalsenopsis-house. The plants are placed in baskets, 

 raised from the stage by means of inverted pots, the potting 

 compost consisting of good fibrous peat and sphagnum moss 



Fig. 366. — Phal.-tjnopsis leucorhoda casta. 



(two parts of the latter to one part of the former). They require 

 an abundance of water during the growing period, and on no 

 account must the plants be allowed to suffer from lack of 

 moisture at the roots at any season of the year. Pescatorea 

 Lehmanni is a handsome species. The sepals and petals are 

 white, with numerous parallel lines of rich purple. The lip is 



