JUNE, 1906.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 187 
evening. Five or ten minutes’ strong sun might be sufficient to cause great 
disfigurement among the foliage, even causing whole leaves to become 
yellow and drop off. Two of the chief causes of ‘‘ tipping” among these 
little plants are (1) too much light, and (2) too little air at night. With the 
- greater precaution as to shading, the general treatment accorded imported 
Odontoglossums will suit the seedlings also. 
Cattleya, Odontoglossum and other small seedlings which will have 
been surfaced with sphagnum moss, will be in danger of being smothered if 
the moss is not kept clipped back, so that air can get round the base of the 
pseudobulbs. Large plants, although in less danger, must have the moss 
kept downalso. It is difficult to water carefully when the mo3s gets very 
long. . 
East InpIAN HovusE.—Angrecum citratum, A. fastuosum, and any 
other plants, which have not yet been done, of this and the allied genera, 
can have fresh material given them this month, if out of flower. Root 
action all round will now be strong, and the greatest of care must be taken 
in repotting to break -but as few roots as possible. The compost recom- 
mended for Phalznopsis recently will be found to be generally satisfactory. 
The comparatively close, moist atmosphere, and the abundance 
of mid-summer heat, will quickly re-establish plants disturbed at 
this season. In surfacing these plants with sphagnum moss, work the 
moss in tightly, as it will hold much less water than if laid on loosely. 
Great care must be taken in watering freshly potted plants. It is not 
safe to keep on counselling the giving of large quantities of water during 
the summer,-as the frequent syringing and damping considerably hinders 
evaporation, and it is a fact with me that some of our hot seedling houses 
dry out nearly, if not quite, as much during the winter as during the 
summer. In the winter we require a lot of fire heat and no syringe, while 
during the summer there is a lot of syringe and little fire heat ; and there is 
little question but that more plants suffer through over watering than 
through getting insufficient. 
VANDA TERES.—This is really one of the best of the genus, and while 
there is no difficulty in growing it, there is considerable difficulty in getting 
it to flower freely, for the reason that being a plant which requires more 
direct sunshine than most other Orchids, it rarely gets sufficient for its 
needs. It used to flower at Ferriéres very freely, because a very small span 
roofed house was given over exclusively to it. The plants were here 
planted out in sphagnum, and trained up the roof. The two chief factors 
in its cultivation are syringe and sunshine. Several stems can be planted 
together in a pot, well down among the crocks, and surfaced tightly with 
sphagnum moss. They will require support, and can be tied to bamboo or, 
what are better, teak wood sticks. The Mexican, or Intermediate, house 
