THE ORCHID REVIEW. asi 
therefore not be pulled about ruthlessly, nor be given too much water at 
the root, to cause the compost to become unduly sour; in fact, they require 
but little water. 
Disa grandiflora, and other species of Disa, will now be making a good 
show. D. grandiflora is the best and showiest, and the most useful of them 
all. It is not always successfully cultivated ; in fact, it is seen frequently 
in a by no means flourishing condition. It does not, however, hang in the 
balance long, but must either be grown well or will soon disappear. There- 
fore, should the plants be doing badly, some other method must be 
employed at once. Generally speaking, they share the same fate as many 
another Orchid, and are killed by too much kindness, or, in other words, 
by not being grown sufficiently hardy. They have been known to succeed 
extremely well side by side with Ericas and Epacris, which fact will prove 
that but little or no artificial warmth is required during summer, whilst the 
winter temperature should also be cool, and the p parativel 
dry. The average greenhouse should, therefore, prove to be a splendid 
place for them, and beyond all doubt it is so; all the plants require, is to 
be kept a little more shady and moist than the majority of the other inmates 
during the summer months. Or they may also be grown during summer in 
acold frame or pit. The only danger in the latter method lies in the 
possibility of having insufficient air to circulate round them. When the 
tight culture is found they grow and propagate so freely and healthily that 
insect pests will prove but little trouble, though yellow thrips are a great 
nuisance, and can be dislodged only by using tobacco powder. Sandy peat 
seems to be the most correct compost, whilst pots are the best receptacles. 
Drain the pots with crocks about one fourth their depth only, and pot up 
rather firmly. Place in each one or more tubers, according to the size of the 
pot employed, a 48-sized pot being large enough for one fully-grown tuber. 
Directly flowering is past is the best time to repot. The offshoots, which 
are always plentiful, may be removed from the parent tuber and propagated 
in small pots. Unless the pots are overcrowded, Disas do not require to be 
Tepotted every year. : 
Nanodes Meduse, the flowers of which are very interesting, if not 
strictly pretty, should be grown in the Cool house during summer and the 
Intermediate one in winter. The unusual colour of the flower, and the large 
fringed lips are the most conspicuous qualities of tlie bloom. But the plant 
itself is rather attractive when well grown, the stems being drooping 
and thickly sheathed with short distichous light green leaves. It 
does best in baskets or pans suspended, and but little if any pent should be 
used, as it seems to me that the sphagnum moss alone suits it best. Now 
iS good time to re-pan or top-dress, and it is fond of a good supply of 
Water during the summer months. 
