THE ORCHID REVIEW. 73 
LYCASTE SKINNERI ARMENIACA. 
THE subject of our present illustration is the beautiful Lycaste Skinneri 
armeniaca, one of the ornaments of the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., 
of Sefton Park, Liverpool, from whom we received the photograph, together 
with a fresh flower and the following interesting remarks :— 
“The photograph represents a portion of the original plant which was 
exhibited before the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society 
on March 11, 1890, when it was awarded a First-class Certificate (votes 
unanimous), under the name of Lycaste Skinneri, Young’s variety. It was 
at the same time well and tersely described as follows :—‘ This variety is 
Fig. 7. LYCASTE SKINNERI ARMENIACA. 
the counterpart of the best form of Lycaste Skinneri alba, but the labellum 
has over it a shade of pinkish orange or apricot colour, and the petals the 
same hue more faintly displayed. It is a very charming and unique 
variety.’ It was also figured and described in Reichenbachia, under the 
name of Lycaste Skinneri armeniaca. In March, 1892, it bore six blooms, 
and in February, last year, only two. It was then I decided to try the 
effects of hybridisation. Looking around for something to cross it with, 
I could find nothing in my collection which appeared at all likely to 
produce a prettier or more beautiful flower, and taking into consideration 
