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In FLASK. 
 
Dendrobium draconis 
Dendrobium falconerii Dendrobium wassellii
Phaius bernaysii  yellow
 
In PLANTS  Australian Dendrobiums torreseae, lichenastrum and var prenticei.

Ready to replate.
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum, Phalaenopsis gibbosa, Colax jugosus, Cattleya araguayensis.
 
Culture    Phaius and replated genera 

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Dendrobium draconis  is a nigrohirsute species from Thailand. The canes are covered with minute black hairs. The flowers are borne in clusters, pure waxy white with pink red in the lip throat. Best grown in a very small pot or basket, the plants should be kept on the dry side in the cooler months in a well ventilated spot with plenty of sunlight.
Dendrobium falconerii is an Indian to Chinese species  with pendulous thin canes. The flowers are very showy, white tipped magenta and a large yellow orange disc on the labellum. best grown on a mount, treefern if available or perhaps on thside of a small basket in a media that will stay damp buy not wet.A decided dry rest in winter is required.
Dendrobium wassellii is a stout terete leafed species from far norh Queensland, Australia. The thick leaves are upright and the flowers spikes are like feathery plumes of  white flowers. The plant tends to creep, so a mount is ideal, or a large shallow tray or basket.
Phaius bernaysii  this is a yellow flowered species with a white labellum. A typical terestrial, it requires a rich sany loam and leafmould mix, lots of water when in active growth and a dry rest in the cooler months. An Australian species almost extinct in its native habitat.
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  Phaius and related genera such as Spathoglottis, Bletilla, Bletia and Calanthes are basically terrestrial growing plants that inhabit areas of the open forest or rainforest edges where there is a good seasonal rainfall. In many cases, plants will be growing in more bog like conditions, but usually where there is water draining through the soil, leafmould and debris that the plants are growing in, rather than in stagnant ponds.

    In a trial a small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand: a grandmother, elderly woman.
He approached her and asked, "Mrs  Jones, do you know me?"
  She responded, "Why, yes I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me.
  You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talk about them  behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains  to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper  pusher.
  Yes, I know you"
 The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the  room and asked,
"Mrs Jones, do you know the defence attorney?"
  She again replied, "Wy yes, I do. I've known Mr Bradley since he was a  youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, he has a drinking problem. He can't  build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the  worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with  three different women.
 Yes, I know him"
 The defence attorney almost died!
At this point, the judge brought the courtroom to silence, called both  counsellors to the bench, and in a very quiet voice said, "If either of you  bastards asks her if she knows me, you'll be jailed for contempt!"

      Dear Milkman,
Sorry not to have paid your bill before, but my wife had a baby and I've been carrying it around in my pocket for weeks.

Sorry about yesterday's note. I didn't mean one egg and a dozen pints, but the other way round.

When you leave my milk knock on my bedroom window and wake me because I want you to give me a hand to turn the mattress.

Please knock. My TV's broken down and I missed last night's  Coronation Street If you saw it, will you tell me what happened over a cup of tea.