Plate 198. 



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LYCASTE GIGANTEA. 



Gigantic Lycaste. 



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•ingentes, petalis s^pe dissimilibus, in mentum breve productis. 



Labelhnn 



emarerinato auctum 



Cohmna elongata, semiteres, saepius 



pilosa. PolUnia 4, per paria caudicula. angustce elongatoe adnata; !/'««''«J« P'^'^"/"!'™™' 



rostello subulate- — Herb 



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maximis 



oWongo-laBceofatis acummatis plicatis scapo Taginato umfloro long^oobus, sepal^ ovate- vel 



linearUanceolatis obtusiusculis, lateralibus faloatis petalis lanceolat.. l'-r°"'=; >^^^ '^f„ 



lon^i lanceolati trilob! lacinii. lateralibus elevatis acutis mtemea.u -"f''' P-^^ f°^,™ "™ 



cava apice integr^ recurva 

 Hum decurrente. 



multo 



Lindl. in Benth. PI Bartweg 



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Bot.Eeg.v.S^.m^) 



Mi 



Mag 



Maxillaria Heynderjcxii. Morr. Ann. 1845-9. 



This stately Lycaste is very 



ly diffused, ha^in 



been found in Central 



America by Har 



& 



Santa Martha by Purdie 



and in the f( 



of Merida 



at an elevation of 5-600 feet 



Linde 



As might under such circumstances be 



pected there are many varieties differing in the size and 



colour of the flowers, and 



also 



thouffh. to a less pxtent — in 



the size and form of the 



latter are usually of a yellowish-olive, while the velvety lip 



epals and petals; 

 f a dark rich mar 



the 



bordered with 



g 



eilowisn-oiive, wunc .... .^^-^ . . g^^^^, 



The specimen figured was exhibited by Messis. Veitc 



I 



Kensington in July, 1866 



Jinsrton m July, Ibbo. ■ .,11, „i^i tlmrpfore be accom 



m the LycaL may be regarded as subten-estna -d ^^^^^itZ^^^n; bu 



modated with large pots. They are readily ^^^own m 



prefer the shadier parts of the Orchid-house 



With the exception of L. Sk 



but 



now 



L. gigantea is, perhaps, the best of 



a universal favourite— i. gigantea is, peruai-.,, ^ oblong-ovate, smooth, 



Descr. PseudohulbB very large i''>^^^^'^^ Z^T^oe^^^y ^V^'^^"'^ oblong-lanceolatc 



and slightly compressed, bear 

 acuminate leaves, which are 



from half a yard 



feet Ion 



o 



Scaj^e upright 



