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Sepals white, interruptedly banded with purple; petals purple with 
whitish base. Scapes pendulous, few-flowered ; June to August. Stove. 
British Guiana. 
L. CRUENTA (bloody). Sepals fulvous green, petals deep yellow; 
lip deep orange, with crimson blotches like splashes of blood; March and 
April. Greenhouse or Vinery. 
L. Deppet (Deppe’s). Flowers pale greenish yellow, blotched with 
brown ; lip white, spas with crimson ; crest golden-yellow ; winter and 
spring. Warm hou 
L (Colax) JUGOSA (ridged). Pseudo-bulbs oval, smooth; leaves in 
pairs, 2 inches broad. Flowers 2 inches across; sepals cream colour ; 
petals white, irregularly barred with rich dark purple; lip white, 
irregularly striped and veined with purple; scape two- or three-flowered, 
erect; April and May. Greenhouse. 
L. (Paphinia) RuUGOSA (wrinkled). Pseudo-bulbs very small, eylin- 
drical, furrowed ; leaves thin and slender. Flowers large, waxy-looking, 
creamy white, povercd with red spots, some of which run together i in two- 
flowered pendulous racemes. Stove. 
L. SKINNERI (Skinner’s). Pseudo-bulbs large; each bearing two or 
three broad plaited leaves. Flowers solitary, 4 to 6 inches across; sepals 
pale pink, petals rosy; lip rosy lilac, blotched with crimson; November 
to March. Intermediate house. Plate 240. There are numerous beauti- 
ful varieties, including one with pure white flowers. 
All the Lycastes, except those of the section Paphinia, 
may be grown in a warm greenhouse. Some growers plant 
them in a mixture of fibrous loam, peat, and sand; others prefer to use 
a mixture of peat and sphagnum. They like a sunny, airy position and 
plenty of moisture when growing; less when at rest. They may be 
propagated by division. As a rule, however, they are imported in 
sufficient quantity to keep them cheap. 
Description of Lycaste Skinneri. Plant about one-third of the natural 
Plate 240. size, Fig. 1,a flower of the natural size, or a little less ; 
2, a section through the same; 3, the column removed. 
Cultivation. 
ODONTOGLOTS 
Natural Order OrncHIDEH. Genus Odontoglosswim 
ODONTOGLOSSUM (Greek, odontos, a tooth, and glossa, a tongue : tooth- 
like processes on the lip). A genus of over a hundred species of ae - | 
