be grown in well-drained pots, or in shallow open-sided pans, 
amongst turfy peat, sphagnum, and broken charcoal; and, as 
they do not root deeply, the pans are perhaps preferable for 
their cultivation, as the quantity of potsherd drainage required 
when pots are employed serves as a harbour for insects. They 
succeed best in what is understood as the cool division of the 
orchid-house, where the temperature is kept at about an average 
of 60°, with plenty of moisture, so that the plants may be ac¬ 
commodated with a moist and comparatively cool atmosphere. 
The soil used should be elevated above the level of the rim of 
the pot or pan, and the plants secured by means of small pegs 
or sticks until they have fixed themselves by means of their 
roots. After having made their growth in the temperature 
above indicated, they need a cooler and drier rest, without which 
they will not flower satisfactorily; but with vigorous growth, 
such as the above conditions will induce, and that followed by 
a period of rest, the flowers will be abundantly developed. 
The plants are increased by division of the rhizome, so as to 
separate the pseudobulbs. 
