80 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [MaRcH, 1910. 
L&LIA AUTUMNALIS and its varieties do best when grown in pans, just 
large enough to hold them comfortably. They now require repotting, and 
we find that they do well in Osmunda fibre or the polypodium mixture. 
They should be potted firmly, and never allowed to get quite dry at the 
root. I think keeping them too dry at the root during the resting season is 
the cause of most failures in growing this class of Lelia. It shortens the 
life of the plant, and plants of this class are seldom seen to increase in 
vigour for many years together. L. albida and L. Gouldiana require the 
same treatment. 
CATASETUMS, CyYCNOCHES and MorRMODEs will require potting this 
month. They do best in baskets, just large enough to let them make their 
new bulbs without being cramped, and suspended from the roof in the warm 
Cypripedium house or ordinary plant stove. They require abundance of 
water when growing. A suitable compost for them consists of one- 
third each of good fibrous loam, peat and sphagnum moss, in a fairly 
rough state. When potting care should be taken so as not to bury the base 
of the bulbs below the compost, as they are very apt to rot off if the 
compost is above the base. A sharp watch should be kept for yellow thrip, 
which are very fond of the tender young growths, and soon spoil the look 
of the plant. 
EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM.—This very showy and useful species is now 
making new roots, and should be repotted before they get too far advanced. 
If the compost is good and sweet, and the pot large enough to allow them 
making their new bulbs, leave them till next season, as they do not like 
being disturbed more than is necessary. We find that they do very well at 
the warm end of the Intermediate house, and for compost we use one-third 
each of Osmunda fibre, peat and sphagnum moss, well mixed together. We 
use pots large enough to last them at least two years. They will only 
require enough water to keep them plump till the young growth is about 
two inches in height, when they require copious supplies till the new bulbs 
are completed. 
EPIPHRONITIS’ VEITCHII.—This pretty hybrid is now in flower, and will 
require plenty of water. It does well with us, standing on inverted pans in 
the Cattleya house. They also do well when suspended from the roof in 
the same structure. After flowering, the stems may be cut through below a 
root and potted up in small pans, according to the size of plant required, in 
a compost of half sphagnum moss and Osmunda fibre, leaving the remaining 
bulb ends in the pans, where they will soon break away and make new 
plants. After flowering they should not be overwatered or syringed late in 
the day, as the foliage should be allowed to get quite dry before night, so as 
to avoid getting the black spot on the leaves, which is a great disfigurement 
to these plants, and is sometimesa cause of total loss. 
