Lycaste skinneri

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Read about Lycaste skinneri in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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