LYCASTE. 



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Originally detected in 1838 on the Peruvian Andes by Matthevvs_, 

 from whose herbarium specimen it was first named and described. 

 It was introduced in 185 1 by the late Mr. Robert Hanbury, of 

 The Poles, near Ware. Lycaste costata is well known for the 

 imposing dimensions it attains and for its large flowers that are 

 pleasantly fragrant at night ; it has been occasionally confused with 

 L. Barringtonice and L. lanipes, the latter having much smaller flowers 

 with a differently -shaped lip. 



L. cruenta. 



Pseudo-bulbs 1| — 2| inches long, compressed with 2 — 3 ribs on each 

 of the flattened sides, diphyllous. Leaves 15 — 18 inches long. Scapes 

 about 6 inches long. Flowers 2| inches across the lateral sepals ; 

 sepals spreading, ovate-oblong, acute, light fulvous green ; petals oval- 

 oblong, orange-yellow spotted with red at the base ; lip three-lobed, 

 the side lobes rounded and erect, the intermediate lobe sub-cpiadrate 

 and reflexed, blood-red at the base, the remaining area orange-yellow 

 sometimes with some red transverse streaks ; plate of disk short, 

 thickened and truncate in front. Column broad, terete, orange-yellow 

 above, crimson and hairy below the stigma. 



Lycaste cruenta, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, misc. p. 15. Echb. in "Walp. Ann. 

 VI. p. 601. Williams' Orch. Alb. Fill. t. 375. Maxillaria cruenta, Lindl. in 

 Bot. Beg. 1812, t. 13. 



One of the discoveries of Mr. G. Ure Skinner in Guatemala and 



sent by him to Mr. Bateman in 1841 ; it also occurs sparingly on 



the eastern Cordillera of Colombia some miles south of Ocana. It 



is one of the most generally cultivated of the Lycastes, much 



resembling Lycaste aromatica, from which it is chiefly distinguished 



by its larger scentless flowers, of which, the labellum is of a 



different shape and has a dark sanguineous blotch at the base, a 



character that suggested the specific name. 



L. Deppei. 



Pseudo-bulbs 2| — 3| inches long, compressed and strongly ribbed on 

 the flattened sides, and bearing at their apex 3 — 4 leaves. Leaves 

 9 — 12 or more inches long. Scapes numerous, shorter than the leaves. 

 Flowers 3 — 4 inches across the lateral sepals ; sepals spreading, elliptic- 

 oblong, acute, pale gr-een spotted with reddish carmine ; petals similar 

 but shorter, ivory-white ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes oblong, incurved, 

 whitish streaked with red on the inner side ; the intermediate lobe 

 ovate, acute, reflexed, bright yellow spotted with red ; plate of disk 



