Lycaste plana would appear to be a somewliat variable species, and we saw 

 last year several varieties of it in bloom, but all were much inferior in beauty to 

 L. plana Measiirr siana . Our plate was taken from a plant growing in the fine 

 collection of R, H. Measures, Esq., The Woodlands, Streatham, after whom this 



variety is named. 



Lycaste plana Measiiresiana is a free-growing plant. In general habit it 

 resembles the species, having the same ovate-oblong, ribbed pseudobulbs, and bold 

 oblong-lanceolate, plicate leaves of a bright green colour. The sepals are reddish 

 brown, tipped with green, the petals and lip being white, regularly spotted with 

 bright rose, the margins of the petals destitute of spotting. It blooms during the 

 autumn and winter months, and lasts several weeks in perfection. This Lycaste 

 requires the same treatment as the typical L. plana, which is figured in our fifth 

 volume, plate 230 ; and the instructions there given for its cultivation will apply 

 equally well for this plant. Mr. Fraser, gardener to Mr- Measures, treats the 



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Lycastes in the way we recommend, and is very successful ; the healthy appearance 

 of the plants, and the profuse manner in which they bloom, leaving nothing to be 



desired. 



Mr. Measures, we believe, possesses nearly all the species and varieties of Lycastes 

 that have hitherto been introduced, that are sufficiently showy to merit a place in 



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an Orchid collection. 



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