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ORCHIDS 



Lycaste. 



flowers are very variable in colour ; indeed, it is difficult to get 

 two plants with flowers exactly alike. The oblong, pointed 

 sepals are typically of a bluish-white, but in other forms deepen 

 in colour to bright rose, and even to a deep mauve. The 



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petals stand forward at each side of the column ; they are 

 about half the size of the sepals, and are usually of a deep rose- 

 colour. The three-lobed lip is white, spotted with crimson. 

 This species flowers from November to May, the blossoms lasting 



