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PHALABNOPSIS: {loth Orchids) i ee should be potted in baskets or pots in 
brown osmunda, liber should not be tightly packed, Compost must always be kept 
moist and not allowed to dry out, The humidity should be kept high, Plants are of 
monopodial growth and do not have any reserve food supply, They will do better if 
given liquid fertilizer once a week, They should be grow in a tropical house and 
should receive more shade than is given to cattleyas, Leaves should be green in 
color, not yellow or dark green, The plants should be sprayed at a time in the day 
so that they will dry before night, as water in the leaves at night causes wet rot, 
White species flower from September to the end of June; spikes have 6 to 15 or 
more flowers, Whon cutting the spikes, it is best to cut them off as close to the 
flowers as possible, thus leaving a long stem on the plant, From the nodes along 
the stem new flower spikes will develop, If one has a few plants they may be kept 
in bloom almost continously by using the above method when cutting the flowers, 
The pink species flower only once a year; however, spikes usually have 430 or 
more flowerse On P, Schilleriana and P, Stuartiana the leaves are beautifully 
motted with silvery gray and are purple underneath, The plants are decorative even 
when not in flower. 
RHYNOCSTYLIS, Culture as that recommended for vandas, 
SOPHRONITIS, Small species related to cattleyas, laelias and brassavolas, These 
species 3s are used in crossing to produce beautiful flowers of red and pink shades, 
Should be grown in a compost of about 2/3 brown osmunda and 1/3 sphagnum moss, must 
be kept moist, They should receive a little’ more shade than is recommended for 
cattleyas. They can be grown with cattleyas, but do best as a cool orchid, Flowers 
develop from top of bulbse 
TRICHOPILIA, Should be potted in brovm osmunda that isn't too tightly paoked, 
Must be kept moist when in active growth and slightly drier when dormant. Doesn't 
require quite as much sunlight as cattleyas, Flower spikos develop from base of 
bulbs. 
VANILLA, The only orchid that is a vine and has any economic value. May be grow 
as a terrestrial or semieterrestrial, Must be kept moist at all times and compost 
well drained, May be growm with cattleyas or in a tropical house; needs as much 
sunlight as possible, Flowers are produced from the axis of the leaves, May be 
easily propagated by cutting vines into two or three ft, sections, These sections 
may be potted and kept moist; a new growing tip will start from one of the eyes in 
the axis of the leaves, Vanilla extract that is commonly used in cooking is 
extracted from the seed pods, 
ZYGOPETALUMS, Epiphytes, may be grown with cattleyas,; The best species is 
mackayi, as it blooms around Christmas and the flowers are shaded with blue, It is 
one of the few orchid species that have blue flowers, It may be grow as a semi-~ 
terrestrial or an epiphyte; Compost must be kept moist at all times, Plants must 
be partly shaded, May be grown with cattleyas, however they prefer a cool tempera 
ture in summer, Flower spike develops from the base of the bulbs, 
