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rocks, exposed to the unmitigated glare of the sun. 
The tuberous kind with a similar habit, and the mag- 
nificent Phajus Tankervillice^ on the other hand, oc- 
curred only in the deepest shadow of the dense humid 
mountain woods. 
Specimens taken from one tree I found would grow 
very well on another. I was accustomed to trans- 
plant many of the masses brought from the moun- 
tains and other distant localities, affixing them either 
to logs of wood, or to fruit-trees in the pasture, or 
else merely laying them on the flat top of a stone 
buttress, with a brick or some other weight on them 
to prevent their being blown away. The smaller spe- 
cimens I pushed into crevices between the stones of 
the same buttress. Those which I planted on fruit- 
trees were fastened by string passed several times 
round the trunk and the Orchid. In all these cases 
the specimens grew healthily. The roots, which had 
been torn from their attachments in procuring the 
specimens, never adhered to the new surface, but 
fresh roots were soon pushed out from the base of 
the bulbs, which clung to the support by their flat- 
tened under sides with the same tenacity as if they 
had been on the original trees ; and after a few 
months needed not the assistance of strings or weights 
to enable them to maintain their position. Some- 
times the mere laying of a bunch of bulbs in the fork 
of an orange-tree was found sufficient. I do not 
think the parasite is dependent on its tree for any- 
thing but support; the roots do not penetrate the 
bark in the least degree, but derive all their nutri- 
ment from the moisture with which the air is charged, 
