﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



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according to the weather, and top air only when the temperature of the 

 house exceeds 95° Fahrenheit. 



The main secret in the successful cultivation of Phalsenopsis is to give 

 them an abundance of heat and atmospheric moisture during the growing 

 season, reducing the quantity when they have completed their growth. 

 During the resting season they should have just a sufficient spraying to 

 keep the sphagnum moist, but not wet. They are easily injured if watered 

 too late in the day, preventing evaporation of water lodged in their crowns, 

 insuring rot, or watering overhead and keeping the house at too low a 

 temperature, which produces spot on the leaves and disfigures them badly. 

 In their native habitat they never grow upright as in cultivation, but the 

 .leaves hang downward, making it impossible for moisture to remain in their 



By all means avoid too low a night temperature in winter; 55° is the 

 minimum. We tried a lower temperature on a lot of Phalaenopsis grandi- 

 flora from the altitudes of Java, with results that the experiment will not 

 be repeated. 



Properly grown, the plants will increase in size from year to year, and 

 produce spikes with from twelve to forty, and even a hundred or more 

 flowers (as in Phalsenopsis Schilleriana > lasting several weeks in perfection 

 if kept dry. After flowering, the old spikes should not be cut very close, as 

 they often break again on these and produce a second crop of flowers. 

 Phalaenopsis Lueddemanniana produces young plants on the flower spikes, 

 .and P. Schilleriana and P. Stuartiana often produce them on their roots. 



The species grown are P. amabilis, P. Aphrodite, P. Schilleriana, P. 

 Stuartiana, P. Lueddemanniana, P. Esmeralda, and P. amethystina, with 

 the natural hybrids P. X intermedia and P. X leucorrhoda. 



EXTINCTION OF NATIVE ORCHIDS. 



Ir has been a wonderful season for wild Orchids, and there has been quite 

 .a general interest shown in these aristocracy of the native flora. The 

 pretty bee Orchid has been frequently worn for the buttonhole. It may 

 interest many to know that the following kinds are still found in Bedford- 

 shire—Bird's Nest, Tway Blade, Lady's Tresses, White Helleborine, 

 Pyramid, Dwarf, Green-winged, Purple, Marsh, Spotted, Bee, Fly, 

 Fragrant, Frog, and Butterfly — sixteen species. The Spider has one 

 doubtful mention. The Bog Orchid (Malaxis paludosa) grew on Potton 

 Marshes a hundred years ago, and is probably extinct, but is scarce, and is 

 easily overlooked. The Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) was found 

 on Stevington Bogs over a century since, and at Gravenhurst ia the early 

 part of the last century, but is regarded as extinct. — Journal of Horticulture. 



