received from the same source do equally well. All plants on blocks are — 
tied exclusively with the black fibre of Arenga saccharifera, a palm 
introduced here by me many years ago—I believe the most lasting fibre 
known and certainly far better than wire. 
Phalznopsis I have abandoned, as every effort to protect them against 
certain winged insects has proved futile. Cattleyas and Lelias I tried 
years ago, but heat, excessive moisture, black rot, and minute maggots — 
attacking the new growths put an end to the experiment, so the wreckage 
was removed to Orizaba where they have recovered and again become good 
flowering plants. I must except Lelia rubescens, which does well enough, 
also Brassavola Digbyana and B. glauca. | 
The warm-growing Ccelogynes, to wit, C. pandurata, C. Mayeriana, — 
C. tomentosa, C. speciosa, C. asperata, C. Micholitzii, C.. Dayana, and C. a 
Massangeana are quite at home, and no insects seem to care for them. 
OncipiuMm LaNCEANUM was sent to me by a Trinidad correspondent, 
and with this plant I started out with high hopes, the conditions being | 
similar. Does it flourish? Nota bit of it. It broke all the rules, took on 
spot, got watery in the shade or burnt in the sun, stood stock still in half — 
shade, invited every bug or other insect within striking distance to its — 
embrace, then tried to flower at half cock and made a mess of it. The 
plants were grown on blocks, and at times made three and four foot long ~ 
roots, but lost them for some occult reason. Last spring I removed these ~ 
plants, i articulo mortis, to Orizaba, and singularly enough they have | 
recovered, made thick unblemished leaves and good sound roots. How 
they will withstand the chilly nights of December and January I cannot — 
guess, but for their sins here they will have to suffer, unaided by me.’ And 
anomalous enough it is to see them at present (November) in such con. 
tentment with Cattleya citrina, Lelia majalis, and Epidendrum vitellinum 
—perhaps a fool’s paradise, who knows ? 
ONCIDIUM PAPILIO does well here on blocks, if watched carefully to see 
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that the wood does not become sour nor decay. Prompt reblocking keeps — 
them going—though they are much affected by a small white scale, also 
the deadly attacks of a small insect known here as the vanilla fly, which 
forms a little colony on the under side of the leaves and remains until the 
juices of the leaves are exhausted, the effect being like a bad case of thrips- 
Washing at intervals with soap and water has to be done, and is effectual- 
Thus attended to they keep on flowering at intervals from the same flowef 
stalk. Some forms are better than others, larger or smaller zones of 
yellow on the large labellum, some brighter than others; altogether one of 
the most striking of Orchids. 
I collected the closely allied O. Kramerianum some three years since 
in very damp lofty forests a few miles from Puerto Limon in Costa Rica- 
