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place. The second day the strong afternoon sun, which rests for two 
hours directly upon the plants, burnt a large hole in the largest leaf of 
Phalznopsis Schilleriana, but the other plants received no injury. The 
plants receive more or less rain with every shower. Two months have now 
passed, and the plants remain in the window. The treatment is, if dry, to a 
give them a little water in the early morning. ‘lhey all show dark, healthy : 
foliage, and the markings of the leaves of P. Schilleriana are remarkably 
bright. Messrs. Low’s collector, who saw the plants a few days ago, said — 
he had never seen three more healthy Phalznopsids. PP. Schilleriana and 
rosea, in the last two months, have each made a new leaf and three new — 
roots, and P. amabilis a very large leaf, four very strong new roots, and is _ 
pushing a very strong flower-spike. What shall we say? Is the experience , 
of eight months too little to thence deduce the practicability of growing — 
Phalznopsids as basket, piazza, or window plants in Para? Can we not 
rather reasonably conclude that Phalenopsids are much more hardy than — 
is generally supposed, that steam bath culture is a mistake, and that the 
plants with less heat and moisture would succeed, and, perhaps, do better 
and be more healthy? 
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ODONTOGLOSSUM HABITATS. 
In further elucidation of the point raised at p. 127, I can state that the 
hybrid between Odontoglossum Hunnewellianum and a form of lute 
purpureum, is in existence. It bloomed in the collection of J. S. Moss, 4 
Esq., Wintershill Hall, Bishops Waltham, this spring. I saw it, and have 
no doubt as to the luteo parentage, but it would be difficult to state defin- 
itely if it was Hunnewellianum or Adriane. 4 
In reference to M. F. Claes’ note at p. 167, I have bloomed O. luteo- : 
purpureum out of his importations, once, from plants bought of him between ‘ 
September 15th, 1899, and April 24th, 1g00. I have this plant still, and — 
am absolutely certain of its origin, as I am most careful as to my system of ; 
labelling and recording my purchases. 4 
He also bloomed O. X Wilckeanum Mme. F. Claes, which he showed 
at the R.H.S. as a crispum on June 19th, rgoo, but which he subsequently : 
sold as a Wilckeanum, which it undoubtedly was. 
It would be interesting if M. Claes could state where the importation 
came from, out of which I bloomed luteopurpureum and he bloom | 
Wilckeanum ; whether they came from the “new districts where. the large : 
blotched forms of crispum”’ come from, or not. Of course, we cannot” 
expect him to publish his localities in detail, but he could, perhaps, §!V° a 
sufficient indication to locate them upon a map as distinguished fon 
‘“Pacho” or “Velez.” It would supplement my article in the Gardeners - 
Chronicle for June 2, 1906 [reproduced at p. 193.—Ep.].—pDE B. CRAWSHAY: 
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