January, 1916.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 29 
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LYCASTE SKINNERI ARMENIACA. Ace: | 
HE sight of a fine flower of Lycaste Skinneri alba, a little out of season 
at the close of the year, reminds us of another very charming variety, 
which is represented in the annexed figure. It is characterised by having 
a shade of pinkish orange or apricot on the lip, which extends to the petals 
Fig. 16. LLyCaASTE SKINNERI ARMENIACA. 
as a paler tint, and contrasts effectively with the white sepals. It flowered 
in the collection of the late Reginald Young, Esq., Liverpool, and received 
a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. in March, 1890. The flower is 
represented about one-third natural size, and the plant also bore a ripe , 
capsule when photographed, the result of fertilising a flower of the previous 
year. The seeds were afterwards sown, but we did not hear{whether 
seedlings were obtained. 
Lycaste Skinneri is a very variable Central American species, which we 
believe has been continuously cultivated ever since its original introduction 
by Mr. G. Ure Skinner in 1841. In some of the varieties the’petals and 
lip are very richly coloured. 
