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this species are small, they are, when seen on strong well-developed spikes, 
very pretty and effective, and specimen plants with eight or ten spikes of 
bloom are always useful for exhibition purposes. E. variegatum, e. 
Brassavole, E. Stamfordianum, and E. fragrans may also be included in 
this remark. The present is a good time to examine and repot any plants 
of these species that require it, as the growths now starting will soon root 
into the new potting material. Pot the plants in the same manner as one 
would a Cattleya, and select a light position for them in the Intermediate 
house. For a few weeks after root disturbance very little water will be 
needed, but when the roots are seen creeping through the soil, enough 
water should be afforded to keep the material moist, but as soon as the new 
pseudobulbs are freely matured very little water will be required till the 
flower spikes show. Epidendrum atropurpureum (macrochilum), and its 
variety album, are also worth attention. Both species grow well in shallow 
pans suspended from the roof of the Mexican house, and as at the present 
time the young growths are well advanced, repotting may be attended to. 
Both plants will root freely if potted firmly in well-drained osmunda fibre. 
Coo HousE.—In this division there are nearly always some plants that 
need repotting. Among the most important at the present time are such 
Maxillarias as M. luteoalba (Turneri), fucata, grandiflora, ‘Lehmannii, 
Hubschii, lepidota, tenuifolia, picta, Mooreana, and many others. For 
such species as M. Sanderiana, Amesiana, and preestans shallow teak wood 
baskets are preferable to pots, as generally their flowers appear in a down- 
ward direction. All of them grow well in a mixture of Ax fibre and 
osmunda fibre, and it is necessary that these materials should be pressed 
quite firmly around the base of the plants. Coehlioda Neetzliana, vulcanica, 
and sanguinea, also many small-growing Oncidiums, including O. concolor, 
Phalzenopsis, dasytyle, nubigenum, Lawrenceanum, Mantinii, cucullatum, 
spilopterum, also the stronger-growing O. Marshallianum, varicosum, and 
others that have started into growth may also be repotted. Such plants as 
Odontoglossum Uroskinneri and O. bictoniense, now in bloom, should not 
be afforded much water at the root, being liable to injury from too much 
moisture. O. nebulosum, now beginning to grow, is easily injured in the 
same manner. 
Disa GRANDIFLORA is‘now.in bloom, and as the flowers are liable to be 
infested with green fly they should constantly be examined. The brush 
and sponge are the best means of getting rid of Aphis, afterwards laying the 
plants on their sides, and syringing them till quite clean. it is not 
advisable to vaporise or fumigate these plants at any time, the foliage being 
very tender and liable to injury. The plants should be freely supplied with 
water till they go out of bloom, when the quantity should be gradually 
reduced, but not entirely withheld. 
