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{{Inc| Lycaste skinneri, Lindl. Pseudobulbs oblong-ovate, 3-5 in. high, 1-2-lvd.: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 9-12 in. long: scapes 5-6 in. long, each bearing a single waxy n. 5-6 in. diam.; sepals ovate-oblong, white tinged with rose; petals half as long, broadly ovate, pointing forward with acute, reflexed tips, striated and tinged with dark rose; lateral lobes of the labellum erect truncate; middle lobe oblong-ovate, recurved with a fleshy tongue-shaped callus on the disk, dark crimson-purple. Guatemala. B.M. 4445. P.M. 11:1. Gn. 25:410; 30, p. 374; 37:397. F. 1861:65 (var.). A.F. 4:519. J.H. III. 34:367; 60:321. A.G. 14:433. C.L.A. 6:166. G.M. 53:894. C.O.I. O.R. 19:276.—The most useful of the genus. Spring. The following varieties are advertised: Var. alba, Hort. A large-fld. white variety with a tinge of yellow at the base of the labellum and a yellow, tongue-shaped appendage in its throat. I.H. 27:405. Gn. 25:410. F.M. 1872:35. G.C. III. 7:424. A.F. 6:631. J.H. III. 50:253; 62:541. C.O. la O.R. 19:177. Var. albo-sanguinea. No description. Var. armeniaca, Hort. Sepals white; petals and lips suffused with apricot-yellow. G.M. 53:72. J.H. III. 60:51. C.O. Id. Var. candida, Hort. White. Var. delicatissima, Hort. Fls. large, rose-white; labellum white, blotched with rose. Feb. C.O. 16. Var. Denholmiana, Hort. Upper lobes of fl. rich crimson; lip almost white. Var. grandiflora. No description. Var. hellemense, Cogn. Fls. bright rose-purple. C.O. le. R.B. 35:53. Var. purpurata, Hort. Sepals and petals rose-white; labellum crimson-purple. Var. rosea, Hort. A beautiful variety with deep rose fls. and a white labellum spotted with crimson. Var. superba. Sepals and petals white; labellum crimson. }} ==Cultivation==  ===Propagation===  ===Pests and diseases===  ==Species==  ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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