118 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
that newly-imported Orchids should never be allowed to produce flowers 
until they have made new pseudobulbs. If allowed to do so, Cattleyas and 
Lelias, Dendrobi Od gl aad others, will occasionally push 
a spike immediately they are received, but such spikes should be at once 
removed, or the plant will become so weakened as to be almost beyond 
recovery. 
The deciduous kinds of Calanthes are now at a right stage for re- 
potting. They should be done annually without fail. | Having been 
kept dry since flowering the new growth will be an inch or so high, 
sturdy, and healthy, with plenty of new roots pushing from the base. Let 
the compost be three-fourths good turfy loam broken in small pieces, and 
the remainder leaf soil and coarse silver sand. The pots should be drained 
about half their depth, and not over large, but of a reasonable size in 
comparison to the bulb or bulbs which they are intended to hold. They 
may either be grown singly, or two or more in one pot; I prefer the 
former. They are most likely to grow well and give best results if potted 
firmly. Pot to about half an inch below the rim of the pot so as to 
facilitate watering. Let the base of the pseudobulb be inserted a little 
beneath the surface of the soil, and secure it in its position by a stick 
thrust into the soil. The compost, of course, at the time of repotting will 
be somewhat moist, and the plants should require no water for about a 
week. Afterwards they should be watered about once a week fora few 
weeks, after which the supply may be gradually increased as the foliage 
becomes stronger and the roots more plentiful. Let Calanthes be grown ™ 
the warmest house and well up to the light; a shelf is a good position for 
them. If the pots are new they should be well soaked in water before 
using. 
In our Mexican house the repotting, top-dressing, and the putting . 
everything straight, is now practically finished, and as a reward the roots 
that are pushing forth are seen to delight in the new sweet compost. = 
chief aim when repotting is always to get the new roots to enter the 
compost as soon as possible after showing, because then not only are they 
out of harm’s way, but are capable of rendering much more assistance t? 
the plant than when exposed. With a view to attaining this end we 
endeavour, if possible, to get the new compost well up to the rhizome of the 
last-made pseudobulb, so that at least the newly-made roots of the first 
year may enter, and those of the following year or two before the plant '* 
again repotted may have a fair chance of doing so. When the plants fs 
large specimens this task is not easy of accomplishment, and can only 
done at the cost of a good deal of time and patience, for they a 
generally to be divided piecemeal and again reformed into 2 CO” a 
handsome looking plant, without burying the back pseudobulbs. net 
