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also flourishes most luxuriously on large pieces of wood, cut for the purpose to 
about four or six feet in length, and from six to ten inches in diameter. All over 
the surface of this block a layer of moss should be fastened with copper wire, and 
it may subsequently be either fixed in a large pot, or attached to any other piece of 
wood, or part of the house which is strong enough to support it. The plant may 
then be placed in the pot, in a compost of the above-mentioned materials, or 
attached to the base of the block of wood. In either case, the shoots should be 
fastened to the stump before alluded to, to which they will in a very short time 
adhere, as they emit roots from almost every joint. 
During the growing season, the plant should be watered freely, and syringed 
frequently ; and when its growth is completed, it is advisable to remove it to a 
cooler house, and keep it comparatively dry, in order to induce it to flower more 
abundantly in the succeeding year, The orchidaceous house is admirably suited 
for it when in a growing state ; and the atmospheric humidity which is usually 
maintained in such a situation will be highly favourable to the superior develop- 
ment of its various parts. The temperature of a greenhouse is abundantly suffi- 
cient for it during the period through which it is desirable to preserve it in a 
state of torpidity. 
It may be multiplied with remarkable facility by cuttings, which should be 
planted in reduced moss, covered with a bell-glass, and placed in a brisk bottom 
heat. One joint will be sufficient for the purpose, and will form a strong plant in 
a very short time, provided it is judiciously treated. 
The collection at Chatsworth was enriched with this superb plant on the return 
of Mr. John Gibson from India, whither he had been sent as collector to His 
Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It was found growing in the greatest abundance 
at the base of the Khoseea Hills, in valleys remarkable for their humidity and 
shade ; which sufficiently demonstrates the importance of applying these two 
principles in artificial cultivation. The elevation of these tracts was not greater 
than one thousand feet above the level of the sea, and the plant blossoms during 
the cold season. In its native localities, it covers whole trees with its rich crimson 
blossoms ; its branches depending in the most graceful manner, and forming 
elegant festoons from branch to branch, and from tree to tree, crowned at their 
extremities with a most brilliant profusion of flowers. 
It blossoms in this country in the autumnal months, — usually August or 
September ; and grows to the height of four, five, or more feet, according to the 
adaptation of the treatment bestowed upon it. 
