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the base of the last-made pseudo-bulb. The flowers are ot good 

 size, often four or five inches across, fleshy, and of stiff appearance, 

 but they are effective and last a long time, four or five v^'eeks, in 

 good condition. Lycastes may be grown successfully at the cool 

 end of the intermediate house or with the Odontoglossums, but if 

 the cooler conditions are provided then every care must be taken to 

 avoid over-watering, especially during the resting period, or the 

 plants will suffer. 



Many amateurs grow Lycaste Skinncri in an ordinary warm 

 greenhouse, without any artificial heat whatever during the Summer 

 months. Fibrous peat and a little chopped sphagnum suit the 

 various species, but as a cultivator gains confidence and experience 

 a mixture of fibrous peat, fibrous loam, broken leaves, and sand 

 may be substituted as a rooting medium, provided the water-pot is 

 used with great discretion. In the Winter, and when the plants 

 are resting and almost or entirely leafless, very little water will 

 suffice. Potting is best done as soon as the new growths have 

 advanced an inch or two and new roots have besrun to form. 



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Best Species and Hybrids 



L. AROMATICA has golden yellow flowers, about three inches 

 across, fragrant, and several may be produced from the base of one 

 bulb, in the Summer. The flower stems are about four Inches 

 high. 



L. Deppei, a Mexican species, is rather larger than L. 

 aromatica^ and the flowers are set on longer stems. The sepals 

 are green, marked with purple-brown, petals white, and the lip 

 yellow, dotted with crimson. Spring and early Summer is the 

 usual flowering season. 



L. MACROPHYLLA (identical with L. plana), is a strong-growing 



