84 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [MaRCH, 1913- 
should receive as much light as possible, especially at this season of the 
year. Owing to the sunless season of last year, and the great number of 
wet, dull days we have experienced during the winter, the plants should be 
inured to the heat and light of the sun gradually. Heat and light are 
-essential to some classes of Orchids, and these should be kept apart from 
the shade-loving kinds, which are incapable of withstanding an excessive 
amount of light. 
CypRIPEDIUMS.—The potting of these useful winter-flowering plants 
should be attended to as fast as they pass out of flower. Should there be any 
danger of the compost becoming decayed before another season, it is much 
the best practise to repot them now. The compost advised in the January 
number will answer their requirements. The sooner the potting of this 
family is completed the better, for plants that are well established and 
rooted yield flowers of improved quality. 
EpIpENDRUMS.—Such Epidendrums as E. radicans, and the hybrids 
FE. Burtonii, E. O’Brienianum, E. Boundii, and others, are rooting freely, 
and any that have become unsightly and require repotting may be attended 
to. They may be grown as single stems in small pots, or several may be 
placed together to form specimens. The long straggling stems should be 
taken off, just below where the new aérial roots are pushing forth. When 
grown as single stems they are easily potted, but when several are grown 
together it requires some little pains to make a well-balanced and even 
Specimen. This is best accomplished by starting with the tallest growths 
in the centre and placing the others round it until the sides of the pot or 
pan are reached, where the shortest growths will make a finish. The above 
succeed in an intermediate temperature. E. vitellinum, although disliking 
root disturbance, must have attention when. the compost becomes 
decomposed and sour. Plants that are developing new roots should 
receive attention, especially if there is any danger of the compost becoming 
-exhausted before another season’s repotting comes round. If the compost 
is sweet, and the pots sufficiently large, they may with safety be left over 
until another season. This species succeeds best at the warm end of the 
Cool house. Epidendrums thrive in a similar compost to Cattleyas, but 
must not be potted so firmly. Freshly-potted plants should be watered 
sparingly until the new roots have entered the compost and the growths 
get some two or three inches long, when liberal supplies of moisture may be 
afforded them. 
EPIPHRONITIS VEITCHII.—This pretty dwarf bigeneric hybrid, which 
some growers find difficult to cultivate to their satisfaction, is continually 
pushing roots from the stems, and should be dealt with in the same manner 
_as Epidendrum radicans, which is one of the parents. It is desirable to 
place five or six shoots in a shallow pan, and suspend them in a moist 
