ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
Water moderately March to May; freely May to Oct.; keep nearly dry 
Oct. to March. Apply stimulants, May to Aug. only. Temp. for stove 
species, 60° to 70° March to Sept.; Sept. to March 50° to 55°; for green- 
houge species, 55° to 65° March to Sept.; 40° to 50° Sept. to March. 
Repot annually, removing old soil away from bulbs. Place in small 
pots first, shift into larger sizes later on. No shade required. Propa- 
gate by seeds sown 4 in. deep in well-drained pots or pans of sandy soil 
in temp. of 65° to 75° in spring; offsets removed & treated as old bulbs 
at potting time. 
STOVE SPECIES: P. Carmioli, red and green, summer, 2 ft., Costa Rica; 
Lehmanni, scarlet, summer, 2 ft., Colombia. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: P. chloracea, purple, rose, and green, summer, 18 in., 
Ecuador. 
Phzenocoma.—Ord. Composits. Greenhouse evergreen flower- 
ing shrub. First introduced 1789. 
ULTURE: Compost, two parts good brown fibrous peat, one part 
silver sand & little charcoal. Position, well-drained pots in light part 
of greenhouse; no shade. Pot, March or April. Firm potting most 
essential. Prune straggling shoots only, moderately in Feb. or March. 
Water moderately Sept. to April, freely afterwards. No syringing 
required. Admit air freely in summer. Shoots can be trained round 
stakes or trellis. Propagate by cuttings of firm young shoots, inserted 
in well-drained pots of sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. of 55° 
to 65°, summer, 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: P. prolifera, crimson, rose, and purple, May to Sept., 
8 to 4 ft., 8. Africa; prolifera Barnesii, superior form. 
Phaius.—Ord, Orchidacex. Stove terrestrial orchids. First in- 
troduced 1778. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts leaf-mould, loam, & decayed cow 
manure. Pot, March or April. Position, well-drained pots in warm, 
moist part of stove during growing period; cool and dry part during 
resting period. Cover drainage with layer of moss, & do not allow 
. compost to be higher than half-an-inch below rim. Water freely April 
to Sept.; moderately Sept. to Jan.; keep nearly dry Jan. to March. 
Temp., March to Sept. 65° to 85°; Sept. to Jan. 60° to 70°; Jan. to 
March 55° to 65°. Growing period: March to Oct. Resting period: 
Oct. to March. Flowers appear at base of new bulb soon after growth 
is completed. Propagate by division of pseudo-bulbs, March or April. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: P. bicolor, red, white, rose, and yellow, summer, 18 in., 
Ceylon; Blumei, brown, white, crimson, and yellow, spring, 2 ft., Java; grandi- 
florus, yellow, brown, rose, and purple, spring, 24 ft., Trop. Asia and Australia; 
Humboldtii, rose, purple, brown, white, crimson, and yellow, summer, 18 in., 
Madagascar; maculatus, yellow and brown, spring, 24 ft., N. India; simulans, 
white, rose, purple, yellow, and crimson, winter, 1 ft., Madagascar; tuberculosus, 
yellow and purple, winter, 2 ft., Madagascar; Wallichii, white, orange, purple, 
and yellow, winter, 2 ft., India. 
Phalzenopsis (Moth Orchid; Indian Butterfly-plant). — Ord. 
Orchidacew. Stove evergreen epiphytal orchids. First introduced 1836, 
CULTURE: Compost, equal see sphagnum moss, fibrous peat with 
fine particles removed, charcoal & clean potsherds. Position, shallow 
pans, small teak baskets or fixed to blocks of wood, suspended from roof 
of stove. Plant in pans or baskets or fix to blocks, Feb, to March. 
In fastening plants to blocks, first place layer of moss, then roots of 
eat then another layer of moss, & secure firmly with copper wire. 
ans to be well drained. Water daily, March to April; Vacate or 
hlocks by lal in tepid water, once or twice a week, Oct to March. 
Moist atmosphere very essential in summer. Shade from sun. Temp., 
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