Hawaii boasts few or no indigenous orchids ...

Hawaii boasts few or no indigenous orchids ...

Hawaii boasts few or no indigenous orchids (opinions differ on the matter), but the climate makes it possible to hang imported orchids in trees, with happy results.

Australia has many native orchids and many localities accommodate imported orchids in bush-houses, the equivalent of American lath-houses.

On the island of Ceylon and in some other tropical countries a large foliaceous tree in the garden makes a splendid home for many types of orchid.

Central and South America are the habitat of many of the finest members of the orchid family, and gardens abound in them.

Even there, however, scale and other pests must be kept under firm control.

Regions with a climate similar to Southern California are ideally suited for growing, under lath, genera such as Cymbidium.

The climate of the major portions of North America, England, and the Continent, however, make some sort of heated glasshouse necessary.

The balance needed by the orchid, although peculiar and exacting, can be provided if the requirements are understood and provided for by the grower.

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