64 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
though while dry still retaining a green appearance. Such 
collectors’ failures die rapidly as soon as heat and moisture 
are given, and, even in the case of those which seem to 
establish a healthy appearance of the pseudo-bulbs, growth 
is not possible, as the growth-buds have been dried up. 
It is waste of time trying to bring such plants round, there- 
fore care should be taken not to purchase them at any price. 
Imported Orchids of all kinds should be trimmed over 
as soon as they are received, the damaged parts removed, 
and the plants placed in a cool-intermediate temperature 
after they have been sponged over. They may be suspended 
for a few days and afterwards placed in small pots of broken 
crocks. Pseudo-bulbous Orchids, such as Odontoglossums 
and Cattleyas, should not be watered, but they may be 
sponged occasionally until growth commences, when they 
should be potted in the usual manner. 
Aérides, Saccolabiums, Vandas, Angrzecums, and other 
Orchids not having pseudo-bulbs may be treated in the 
same way as the pseudo-bulbous kinds, it being probably 
the safer and more cautious policy. But good results, 
and a quicker establishment may be secured, if the plants 
are recoverable by immersing them for five minutes in 
a rain-water tank immediately on arrival, suspending them 
head downwards from the roof of the house afterwards, 
and repeating the dipping two or three times a week. This 
method has the advantage at least that those which were 
not recoverable are quickly discovered, while the sound 
plants soon plump up. With all imported plants there 
is no use potting them permanently and watering them 
until growth commences, but they must not be kept too 
hot in the meantime. 
