324 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NovemeeR, 1912. 
In America the plant is not so difficult to cultivate as in England, for 
we get more light and sunshine throughout the year. It is wonderful to 
see how the plants will improve in America under different climatic 
conditions. Vandas are not shaded so heavily here as they are in England, 
although the plants get more light naturally. 
I think that if I were growing Orchids in England again I should try to 
do away with as much shading as possible, and only have just thin blinds, 
that is, of course, for the Warm house Orchids. My method of growing 
Vanda coerulea in America has been different from what it was in England, 
for most of them have been grown in pots and pans, with from one to two 
inches of’crocks for drainage. Some were grown in osmunda fibre and 
some in polypodium fibre, and both potted as firmly as one could press in 
this material. There are very few places where a house is devoted to this 
plant alone, so that most of them are grown in the Cattleya house, as near 
the glass as possible. The ventilators should be opened as soon as the 
temperature rises above 68°, and as it goes down again in the afternoon to 
65° or 70° close up the house, and the temperature will run up to 80°, 
or more by sun heat. The house should be damped down at closing time 
according to the weather outside. 
I have found it a good plan to damp down with manure-water two or 
three time a week, chiefly when the plants are making their roots, and then 
discontinue it for a time. When watering the plants I give them a good 
soaking, and then let them get dry right through before watering them 
again. I may state that I never spray Vanda ccerulea overhead, as it is. 
sometimes the cause of rot in the crown of the plant. 
VANDA SANDERIANA is, without a doubt, one of the most lovely Orchids: 
in cultivation, and the plant will do well if potted very firmly in osmunda 
fibre or polypodium fibre alone, with from two to three inches of crocks for 
drainage. Just before the plants are starting to make roots I have found 
to be the best time to pot them. They should be sprayed overhead two or 
three times a day on bright days, and should be grown in the Stove, or in 
a house that will not drop below 62° F. at night and 67° by day, or more 
with sun heat. As soon as the temperature rises above this, ventilation 
should be put on the houses, according to the weather outside. My method 
of watering the plants when growing them in osmunda fibre or polypodium 
fibre is to give them a good soaking and then let them get dry right through 
before watering them again, as the potting material will last for two or 
three years if the plants are watered at the right time. I find that they do 
much better in pots and pans, and they should be placed as near the glass 
as possible, but should not be in a draught at any time. The house should 
be ventilated from the top and from the sides below the hot water pipes. The 
houses are mostly shaded with lime-wash here, or with a thin coat of white 
