334 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ NOVEMBER, Igo9. 
the place they will thrive in. Generally speaking they like a dry treatment, 
with good ventilation. They are very beautiful when in flower, ‘and well 
worth a little extra care in growing. 
EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM AUTUMNALIS will now be in full bloom, and 
the flowers are very showy and last a long time in perfection, either on the 
plants or cut. After they have finished flowering they should be kept rather 
drier until they commence to grow again. A batch of these will make a 
fine show in the dull months, and if staged with the white Lelia anceps, one’ 
helps to show the other off. They are very little trouble to grow, and take 
up very little room. Intermediate temperature suits them best, although 
they are catalogued as cool Orchids. A mixture of Osmunda fibre and leaves 
suits them as a potting compost, and plenty of water is needed while they 
are in full growth. 
DAMPING and WATERING must be very carefully done during this month, 
especially in foggy weather. During a fog it is best, if possible, to move all 
flowers into one house. The houses can be damped whenever they are dry, 
as it does no harm to the plants, and is far better than keeping a fiery: 
temperature and breeding thrip. Ifthe house is kept moderately dry, the 
flowers will keep fairly well. Do not raise the temperature, as I find this 
does far more harm than the fogs. Many growers advise not to water anything 
while a fog lasts, but as long as the temperatures are kept regular the plants 
should not be allowed to suffer for want of water or moisture in the houses. 
It is a most drastic treatment for the soft-growing varieties, such as Cypri- 
pediums, Miltonias, &c., for often a fog will last a fortnight. Keep the fires 
right, and there will be very little harm done to the plants, but the flowers 
will suffer more or less according to the density and length of the fog. 
BLINDS will be a great help in keeping up the temperature, if they are 
run out every night and rolled up in the morning as soon as it is light. 
They keep the temperatures steady and save fuel. 
TEMPERATURES should run about the same as advised in last month’s 
Calendar. Keeping them as regular as possible is the principal thing to 
consider. 
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ODONTOGLOSSUM DISTANS. 
An Odontoglossum exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on September 28th 
proves to be O. distans, Rchb. f., a species of the section Myanthum, which 
has apparently not previously appeared in cultivation. The species was 
described in 1849 (Linnea, xxii. p. 848) from a dried specimen collected in 
September, 1846, in the province of Merida, Venezuela, at 6,000 feet 
elevation, by Messrs. Funck and Schlim (n. 1031), and is recorded as having 
whitish flowers with a rose-coloured lip, It was afterwards collected at 
Aspasica in the province of Ocana, at about 4,900 feet elevation, by Schlim. 
