Orchids and How to Grow Tham in India and Other Tropical Climates

Care must be taken to build such a conservatory away from the shade of trees from the branches of which the drip of rain is frequently highly injurious and the shade of the leaves too dense for the health of the plants. [...] The growth must be vigorous and uninterrupted and when complete the plant must have rest and the wood must harden and ripen before the flowering period which is to afford to the industrious cultivator the rich reward for all his toils in the beauty of the expanded blossom. [...] 11 brickwork of the house than on the plants to increase the humidity of the atmosphere so that nourishment may be afforded through the aerial roots and pores of the leaves rather than to apply water directly to the soil or moss at the roots of the plants. [...] Cut the bars of wood into even lengths—teak wood is by far the best as it is clean and hard and resists the effects of moisture longer than any other ; take care that the holes be all exactly the same distance from the ends; then take four lengths of sufficiently strong copper wire one for each corner fastening the ends to the lowest bar and passing it through the holes at the extremities of e [...] Whenever it is necessary to supply moisture in the middle of the day it is always preferable to do so indirectly that is on the floors and walls over the benches on which the plants stand by the use of " cur-cur" tattier and even by spreading tan upon the floors and keeping it well wetted the steam arising from which will greatly increase the humidity of the atmosphere.