May, 1913] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 154 
Kimballiana, and the natural hybrids from them. The whole of these 
plants will grow satisfactorily in clean picked sphagnum moss. Plants 
after being disturbed should be shaded until they get re-established, as if 
subjected to too much light they may lose their leaves. 
Cuysis.—Plants of C. bractescens, C. Limminghei, and others that have 
finished flowering and are in need of new material may be repotted. Those 
that were repotted last year, and need no disturbance now will require 
abundance of water at the root, being in full growth. The plants grow 
well in a similar compost to Cattleyas, in half pots, suspended in the 
lightest position in the Cattleya house. Small yellow thrip attack these 
plants persistently, and they should be frequently fumigated to destroy 
these pests. When established and in full growth the plants should receive 
copious supplies of water at the roots. 
Oncipiums of the Cyrtochilum section, include O. macranthum, 
serratum, lamelligerum, corynephorum and several others. These plants 
are of comparatively easy culture if afforded a cool intermediate temperature. 
They should receive all the light possible during the winter months, and be 
protected from strong sunshine during the sunny ones. The plants should 
not be allowed to produce flower spikes until they have become fairly strong 
specimens. Repotting may be carried out at any time when the young 
growths are producing new roots. A compost as advised for similar plants 
will answer their requirements. 
GENERAL REMARKS.—The present month is perhaps looked forward to 
more than any other in the year, owing to the R.H.S. Show, when the 
Orchid grower sallies forth from the different parts of this and other 
countries to note the continual progress which is going on in our 
profession. Many are the re-unions made year by year at this Mecca of all 
Orchid lovers, and it is chiefly at these times that we miss those that have 
dropped out by the way. How short is the life of even the longest, and how 
little he can accomplish in the space of time given him, therefore whatever 
is attempted should be thorough, as only by this means can we hope to 
leave anything to posterity. 
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AUSTRALIAN ORCHIDS. 
‘‘A FEW notes on Australian Orchids would be acceptable to us at the 
Antipodes.” Thus writes an Australian correspondent, and he will be glad 
to see a note from a compatriot at page 141. 
Australian Orchids are not common in cultivation, with the single 
exception of the genus Dendrobium, which contributes several interesting 
Species to our collections, and among them the beautiful D. Phalznopsis, 
which was originally described from Queensland specimens, though most of 
the plants now in cultivation are believed to have come from New Guinea 
