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Marc
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The orchid nursery I visited last saturday had a nice Lycaste in full bloom.
Lycaste skinneri alba
Lycaste skinneri alba
very nice, large flowers, but the plants/ leaves get soo large!!! Jean
That doesn't look like a Lycaste to me, skinneri or otherwise. It's probably a hybrid with some maxillaria. It's nice though.
That makes sense. What Maxillaria could make such a big flower? But the flower does look a bit Max-ish!It's gorgeous! But, it's definitely not Lyc. skinneri. It could be an Angulocaste (Anguloa x Lycaste), or a Lycaste hybrid.
That makes sense. What Maxillaria could make such a big flower? But the flower does look a bit Max-ish!
It looks to me to be a hybrid with one of the Sudamerlycastes. This genus was recently separated from Lycaste and mainly contains the old Lycaste section Fimbriatae. This flower looks a lot like it's got Sudamerlycaste (Lycaste), ciliata; or, a related species in it's background. I'm no Lycaste expert; but to me, it looks like Sudamerlycaste ciliata x Lycaste skinneri alba.
Thanks for the input so far, I can't recall the species name anymore but it clearly was labelled as Lycaste. There is always the chance that a grower has their plants mislabeleled.
That makes sense. What Maxillaria could make such a big flower? But the flower does look a bit Max-ish!
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