apices recurved. Zip white, variously tinged and spotted with 
deep rose red, almost crimson blotches, three-lobed, the side 
lobes rounded, erect, the middle lobe broadly ovate, reflexed, 
the margin waved, the dist furnished with a large fleshy tongue- 
shaped callosity. Column semiterete, in front clothed with 
rather copious woolly hair. W. 7. H. | 
Cur. This beautiful plant is of easy cultivation, and thrives 
in the cool division of the Orchideous house. We grow it in 
turfy peat or sphagnum, and instead of using common garden- 
pots, we prefer shallow pans full of holes ; for it is observed that 
plants with the habit of Lycaste require only a few inches of 
soil; consequently, if common garden-pots be employed, they 
will have to be filled nearly to the margin with potsherds or 
other open material, which becomes a harbour for insects. 
With the shallow pans this is avoided. In fixing the plants 
on the pans we keep them raised above the margin, and 
by so domg a greater surface is given to the roots which are 
often superficial. This also prevents any evils arising from over 
watering, which must be carefully avoided. It is propagated 
by divisions of the pseudo-bulbs. /. S. ‘i 
Fig. 1. Column :—magnijied. 
