478 orchid-grower's ' MANUAL. 



L. SKINNERI ARMENIACA, HoH. Sander.— TKis novel and distinct variety- 

 was first flowered by Reginald Young, Esq., Fringilla, Sefton Park, Liverpool, 

 and was exhibited by him before the Royal Horticultural Society, March 15th, 

 1890, when it was unanimously awarded a first-class certificate. It differs 

 from the type in having the sepals, petals, and more especially the lip, suSused 

 with a delicate tint of apricot colour. — OuatemaJa. 



Fig. — Reichenbachia, 2nd ser., i. t. 18. 



L. SKINNERI DELICATISSIMA, Warner. — A distinct and handsome variety, 

 the large flowers measuring 6 inches across; the sepals are blush white, the 

 petals more deeply flushed with rosy pink, and the lip creamy-white spotted 

 with rose, the appendage being more distinctly yellow,' and tongue-shaped ; it 

 blooms in February, and continues in perfection six weeks.— GMctiemaZa. 



VlG.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, i. t. 10, f. 1 ; Revue HoH. BeJfje, 1889, p. 73, t. 7. 



L. SKINNERI GLORIOSA, Williams. — ^A fine and handsome variety of this 

 beautiful, "winter-blooming Orchid; the flowers are 7 inches across; the sepals 

 being very broad, of a pale pink colour, whilst the petals are rich rose colour, 

 especially on the inner surface, and the lip is large, white, marked faintly with 

 rose. — Guatemala. 



L. SKINNERI . " MR. F. L. AMES," O'Brien:— A. handsome variety with 

 large flowers "with.a jglight blush hue on the sepals and with rich crimson 

 feathering up the margins of the petals." 



L. SKINNERI " MRS. F. L. AMES," Sort— The sepals in this variety are 

 described as " white tinted with salmon colour ; the petals salmon colour with, 

 an orange tint at the base; the lip at the base and side lobes Indian-yellow,, 

 front lobe creamy-white, freckled with yellow." 



L. SKINNERI NIGRO-RUBRA,Bbri. — Avery handsome deep-coloured variety, 

 bearing flowers of the largest size, with the broad spreading ovate sepals of a 

 deepish mauve colour or lilac-rose, the petals of a rich pucy-purple or plum 

 colour, and the lip with deep rose side lobes and a front lobe of deep sanguineous 

 purple, the appendage being yellow. Yery fine. — Chiatemala. 



Fig.— Floral Mag., 2nd ser., t. 35, f. 2. 



L. SKINNERI PICTURATA, Warner. — ^A choice and showy variety, having 

 flowers 7 inches across. The sepals are blush, strongly tinged with rose near 

 the base and along their centre ; the petals are white, the basal part flushed 

 with pink and striped with rosy-lake ; and the lip is creamy white, the front 

 part spotted with purple-crimson and the basal part bearing an appendage or 

 blotch of deep purplish-crimson. — Ouatemala. 



Fig.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PI., i. t. 10, f. 2, 



L. SKINNERI PURPURATA, Warner.— A. strikingly bold and handsome 

 variety, with large flowers, of which the sepals are oblong aciite and of a faint 

 blush- white ; the petals similar in colour but smaller ; aud the lip wholly of the 

 richest crimson-purple, with a purple appendage.-^GwaiemaZa. 



FlQ.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, i. 1. 10, f. 3; 



