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are not again watered until the potting compost has become 

 dry. The plants by this time show signs of making new leaves, 

 and only require to be kept moist at the roots, until with 

 shortening days the temperature in the houses is reduced. The 

 flower-spikes by that time have made their appearance, and 

 consequently the watering is carefully attended to until these 

 have been removed, after which only sufficient moisture is given 

 to prevent the plants from shrivelling until the potting season 

 returns. 



The showiest sorts are : P. Aphrodite {amabilis, Lindl.) (Fig. 

 365, c), one of the best, with white flowers, except a little purple 



B 



Fig. 365. — (a) Phal^nopsis Schilleriana, (b) Phal^nopsis 

 Stuartiana, (c) Phal^nopsis Aphrodite. 



on the base of the lower sepals and a little yellow on the lip. 

 P. grandi/lora, as its name implies, is a noble plant, deserving 

 of every attention ; its white flowers are produced during the 

 summer months. P. Scliille?ia?ta (Fig. 365, a) is one of the most 

 useful, producing its rose-tinted flowers in the dead of winter. 

 There are several others of this section, such as P. Stuartiana 

 (Fig. 365, b), p. hucorhoda casta (Fig. 366), and the numerous 

 Veitchiana hybrids in the way of P, intermedia. In the dwarf- 

 growing section P. violacea^ P. Luddemanniana, P. speciosa, and 

 others are interesting and useful. 



BoLLEA, Pescatorea, and Warscewiczella. — These are some- 

 what difficult subjects to deal with, but when a place suitable 



