. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. »55 ORCHID NOTES. REPOT Cattleya gigas directly after flowering if the plants need this atten- tion, as a flush of new roots usually oc- curs at this time. Plialaenopsls. MOTH ORCHIDS IXCRKASING IN FAVOR. Recent importatious ia large quanti- ties of the beautiful moth orchids, (phaUenopsis) have served to bring this genus more into the limelight. As with so many other splendid orchids the simple life of the average commer- cial greenhouse and the haphazard methods of cultivation followe
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. »55 ORCHID NOTES. REPOT Cattleya gigas directly after flowering if the plants need this atten- tion, as a flush of new roots usually oc- curs at this time. Plialaenopsls. MOTH ORCHIDS IXCRKASING IN FAVOR. Recent importatious ia large quanti- ties of the beautiful moth orchids, (phaUenopsis) have served to bring this genus more into the limelight. As with so many other splendid orchids the simple life of the average commer- cial greenhouse and the haphazard methods of cultivation followed do not suit these aristocrats of the orchid com- munity. Yet their culture is not dif- ficult and if growers would only get out of the habit of treating everything alike and study the likes ana dislikes of their plants a little all would be well. If Engish growers can get such splen- did results as they do under the murky skies and in the fog laden atmosphere of the great cities, surely it is not too much to expect that with our clear air and brilliant sunlight we can at least do as well. It is simply a matter of atten- tion and knowledge of the peculiarities of the plants. Phalfenopsis is a faii-ly extensive genus, but two or three species stand out head and shoulders above all the rest as beautiful and showy yet refined Sowers. P. amabilis, P. Schilleriana and P. Stuartiana are three of the very best and a grower who possesses a good stock of these three kinds and their Warieties may consider himself well equipped for entering the cut flower end of the business as far as moth orcliids are eoncerned. We may say here, however, that we speak of P. amabilis as including such kinds as P. Aphrodite, P. grandiflora, P. Sander- iana and a few others that seem hardly entitled to specific rank though very beautiful varieties. In the culture of phaliEnopsis growers- must constantly k»ep in mind their truly epiphytal na- ture. The roots must be clinging closely to something firm and
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