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with deep rose red or 

 crimson, the appendage 

 forming a large fleshy 

 tongue-shaped callosity 

 on the disk. It blooms 

 during the winter 

 months, lasting a long 

 time in beaut3^ This 

 plant ought to be in 

 every collection, as it 

 is one of the finest v,e 

 have for winter bloom- 

 ing, its large numerous 

 singularly - formed and 

 richly - coloured flowers 

 rendering it at that sea- 

 son peculiarly attractive. 

 There are a good many 

 varieties, several of which hav 



LTCASTE SKIN^'ERI. 



been named. — Guatemala. 



Fig. — Bot. Mag., t. 4445; Bateman, Orch. Mex. et Guat., t. 35; Paxton, 

 Mag. Bot., xi. 1, with tab. ; Flore des Serves, tt. 303, 304 ; Pescatorea, t. 39 ; 

 Sieb. Fl. Jard., 1862, t. 3 ; Jennings, Orch., t. 9 ; Floral Mag., 1. 192 ; Puydt, 

 Les Orch., t. 22 (rubra). 



Syn. — Maxillaria Skinneri; M, virginalis. 



L. Skinneri alba, Hort. — A very fine variety, with flowers 

 of full average size, and well expanded. The sepals and 

 petals are of a pure white colour ; the lip is also white with 

 the faintest tinge of yellow about the centre, the tongue-shaped 

 appendage being wholly yellow. A most desirable plant. — 

 Guatemala. 



Fig.— Flo7-al Mag., 2 ser., t. 35, fig. 1 ; Pescaiorea, t. 39, right-hand fig. 

 (smaller form). 



L. Skinneri amaWlis, Williams. — A very large and hand- 

 some variety, having flowers six inches in diameter. The 

 sepals are about two inches in breadth, of a pale rose colour, 

 the petals broad, of a rich magenta, and the lip white, in- 

 distinctly blotched with pale rosy purple. — Guatemala. 



L. Skinneri delicatissima, Warner. — A distinct and hand- 

 some variety, the large flowers measuring six inches across. 

 The sepals are blush white, the petals more deeply flushed 

 with rosy pink, and the lip creamy white spotted with rose, 

 the appendage being more distinctly yellow, and tongue- 



