LY @es TE and “ALEIED GENERA 
A large and beautiful genus of epiphytical type, some of whose species are 
numbered amongst the loveliest of orchids. They are easily cultivated for 
the most part, and should thrive well enough under ordinary open bushhouse 
treatment in Brisbane. One or two plants of Lycaste Skinneri should be included 
in every collection of orchids. 
For compost a mixture of osmunda and sphagnum with a little good leaf-mould 
and one or two pieces of dry cow-dung suits them admirably. They can take 
all the water you like to give them during the Summer months and should never 
be allowed to dry out even in the Winter time. Weekly applications of weak liquid 
cow-manure during the Summer will result in increased vigour and greater 
florescence. Do not keep them too shaded as they like plenty of sunshine. 
The following are the best species: — 
LYCASTE AROMATICA. Native of Mexico. 
Pseudobulbs 2 inches high, somewhat flattened and bearing two to four broad, 
lanceolate, plaited leaves. Flower spikes are produced in numbers from the bases 
of the bulbs and are about 4 inches long, erect and slender, and bear a single 
flower about 3 inches in width. Sepals and petals golden yellow, tinged with 
green on the outside. The lip is cylindrical, the front lobe being serrated at the 
tip. It is spotted on the inside with deep orange. Flowers in midsummer and 
lasts for about a month. This species is pleasantly but strongly scented. 
LYCASTE DEPPEI. Native of Mexico. 
Manner of growth very similar to the preceding species. Flowers about 4 inches 
across. Sepals green marked with horizontal bands of purplish-brown spots. Petals 
pure white and smaller than the sepals. Lip hood-shaped and yellow, marked with 
crimson dots. Flowers Spring and Summer and lasts five or six weeks. 
LYCASTE MACROPHYLLA. Native of Bolivia. 
A robust species with large, corrugated pseudobulbs and pointed, oval, plaited 
leaves. Flowers 34 inches across. Sepals oblong and madder-red in colour. The 
smaller petals are recurved at the tip and are pure white with a crimson blotch. 
The very small lip is white, spotted with pinkish crimson. Flowers in Winter. 
LYCASTE SKINNERI. Native of Guatemala. (Illustrated). 
A species that is one of the finest of the genus and at the same time is one of the 
loveliest of all orchids. It is a species of great variety, some varieties being much 
more attractive than others. It has another advantage in being one of the easiest 
of all orchids to cultivate. 
It has oblong, flattened pseudobulbs from 3 to § inches high which bear two 
(sometimes three) broadly lanceolate, dark green, plaited leaves. The single- 
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