THE ORCHID REVIEW. 145 
PLATYCLINIS GLUMACEA VAR. VALIDA. 
THE enclosed photograph is taken from a plant of the above-named Orchid, 
which has been in my possession for about ten years, and has grown from a 
small piece, with about five or six pseudobulbs, to its present size, producing 
thirty inflorescences, The mode of culture has been as follows:—The 
flowers are cut as soon as they are fully expanded, and immediate prepara- 
tions are made for repotting. All the old peat is carefully removed from 
the roots, and any dead roots are cut away, leaving the dormant sound ones 
and those which show signs of activity. A perfectly clean pot is now 
Fig. 6.—PLATYCLINIS GLUMACEA VAR. VALIDA. 
chosen, of a slightly larger size than the old one, and this is filled so full of 
clean crocks that the rhizomes and roots come in contact with them when 
the plant is placed at the level it is to occupy in the pot. The small 
remaining space is now filled with pure fibrous peat (without any sphagnum 
or charcoal), which is pressed in as firmly as possible, in order to fix the 
plant in its position. After the potting is completed the plant is dipped in 
water, and then placed in a shady position in the East Indian house, to 
mature its half-finished growths, from which the flower spikes have been 
cut, Over-watering must now be guarded against, and during the time of 
