Lycaste schilleriana
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Lycaste schilleriana, Reichb. f. Plant resembling L. Skinneri in habit: pseudobulbs 2-lvd.: lvs. elongate-lanceolate, up to 2 ft. long: scape 1-fld., suberect, 8 in. long; sepals large, spreading, oblong-lanceolate, 4 in. long, brown; petals erect, with recurved tips, small. 1½ in. long, white, speckled with brown on the back; labellum as long as the petals, white, speckled and tinged with rose; side lobes small; middle lobe ovate-quadrate, crenulate; callus tongue-shaped, concave. Often the parts of the fl. are more or less spotted and hairy in places. July, Aug. Colombia. Gt. 39:1321. Var. magnifica, Hort. Sepals long, olive-tinted; petals and lip white.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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