CYCNOCHES LODDIGESII. 



tropical orchidaceae has become much more general ; and as their treatment is 

 necessarily better understood, they are found to be less difficult to manage than 

 was formerly supposed. We see them, indeed (with few exceptions), succeeding 

 equally well under various kinds of treatment. By some they are kept in houses 

 with a humid atmosphere above the maximum stove-heat ; by others they are 

 kept more cool and dry ; some syringe their plants daily ; while others, on the 

 contrary, never allow their leaves to be wet, except by the condensed steam of 

 the house. One necessary requisite, however, appears to be, that they be potted 

 in a light porous soil, with abundance of coarse drainers at the bottom of the pots, 

 and some also mixed among the soil. 



Cycnoches requires the pots to be half filled with drainers, and the soil to be 

 light, sandy, fibrous peat, broken into pieces about the size of walnuts. It may 

 be increased by dividing, when in a dormant state. 



a Anther — b Pollen-masses — c Caudicula— d Gland — e section of a pollen-mass 

 showing its cavity. 



