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2i inches long, rose-pink, with a distinct glaucous surface; the petals are 

 yellowish- white at the base, sufEused with light pink above, lanceolate oblong, 

 acute, and rather under 2 inches long ; the three-lobed lip has a light yellow 

 ground, the crest and side lobes densely spotted and freckled with light purple- 

 crimson " {Orchid Reviea-, i. p. ^l).~Garden hybrid. 



L. SKINNERI, Lindl. — A beautiful and free-flowering species, and one of 

 the most striking ornaments of our Orchid houses. It has oblong-orate 

 compressed pseudobulbs, oblong-lanceo-' 

 late membraneous plaited leaves, and 

 single-flowered radical scapes like most 

 of the other species ; the flowers are 

 very large, 5 to 7 inches across, and of 

 a fleshy, texture, the sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate acute, spreading, blush- white, 

 the petals are about half the length, 

 ovate, erect, convolute over the column, 

 with the tips reflexed, more or less 

 deeply tinted with rose, and the lip is 

 three-lobed, the middle lobe roundish 

 ovate deflexed, wavy at the edge, white 

 spotted with deep rose-red or crimson, 

 the appendage forming a large fleshy 

 tongue-shaped callosity on the disk. It 

 blooms during the winter months, last- 

 ing a long time in beauty. This plant 

 ought to be in every collection, as it is 

 one of the finest we have for winter blooming, its large numerous singularly- 

 formed and richly-coloured flowers rendering it at that season peculiarly 

 attractive. There are a good many varieties, several of which have been 

 named, and a selection of which we give below. — Ouatemala. 



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

 xi. p. 1, with tab. ; Floro dcs Serres, tt. 303, 304 ; Pe.icatorea, t. 39 ; Skb. Fl. Jard., 1862, 

 t. 3 ; Jennings, Orch., t. 9 ; Floral Mag., t. 192 ; Puydt, Les Orch., t. 22 (rubra') ; 

 RtichenbaeMa, i. t. 41 ; VeitcU's Man. Orch. PI., ix. p. 94. 



Syn. — Maxillaria Sliinneri ; M. rirginaUi. 



L. SKINNERI ALBA, Hort. — ^A very fine and chaste 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. — 

 GiMtemala. 



Fig. — Floral Mag., 2ncl ser., t. 35, fig. 1 ; Pescatorea, t. 39, right-hand fig. (smaller 

 form) ; Rerue HoH. Beige, 1884, p. 97 (plate) ; Orchid Album, v. t. 234 ; Beichenhachia. 

 i. t. 41 ; Lindenia, iv. 1. 153 ; Gard. Chron.jSrd ser., 1890, vii., Apl. 5th (suppl.) ; Orchid 

 Review, i. p. II 3, f . 8. 



L. SKINNERI AMABILIS, Williams. — A very large and handsome variety, 

 having flowers 6 inches in diameter ; the sepals are about 2 inches in breadth, 

 of a pale rose colour, the petals broad, of a rich magenta, and the lip white, 

 indistinctly blotched with pale rosy-purple. — Ouatemala. 



LYCASTE SKIN.N'EEI. 



