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Lycastes and Anguloas (the'Tulip Orchid') require little care, out of the ordinary, and can produce wonderful exhibition plants, whether species, or hybrids. WSO will be offering many line-bred Lycaste species in the coming years, as well as innovative hybrids inspired by Dr.Henry Oakeley. These include hybrids targeting high degrees of floriferousness and compact plant habit. Plants will produce 2-10 flowers per bulb and bloom in a 3-4 inch pot!! Note: A recent communique from Dr. Oakeley proposes the addition of over 30 newly described Lycaste species since the first publication of his book in 1993! A significant number of these occur in Panama and Central America. We have a number of unidentified or misidentified species in cultivation that we are working to identify. Some of these have been propagated from seed and may be available soon.
Lycaste aromatica - (Mexico) Everyone's favorite!. Beautiful golden flowers and scintillating
cinnamon fragrance. Very limited. Moderately bright light, intermediate.
Water less frequently in winter. Easy to grow and bloom!
Lycaste brevispatha - (Panama, Costa Rica/MTF) Delightful rare miniature species with lovely pink/white flowers. Easy to grow and bloom. Fragrant. Moderately bright light, intermediate.
Lycaste campbellii - (Panama, Costa Rica/MTF) The darling of the Lycaste world!
Very small plants produce numerous 1" yellow blooms 2-3 times a year. Blooming may be so profuse that the plant will disappear behind the flowers! Relatively uncommon.
Easy to grow and bloom. Moderately bright light, intermediate.
Lycaste candida - (Panama, Costa Rica/MTF) Very rare dwarf species with unusual reflexing flowers.
Green sepals and white petals and lip are heavily spotted with pink. Super-cute and very limited. Moderately
bright light, intermediate. Easy to grow and bloom!
Lycaste consobrina - (Mexico, 1,200-1,800') Scarce in its native
habitat in eastern Mexico, relatively few plants have made it into cultivation. Moderate-sized
species with pure yellow flowers and a unique fragrance. Very limited divisions of our few stock plants, recently divided. Water sparingly in winter.
Lycaste cruenta - (Chiapas, Mexico) Highly attractive fragrant (cinnamon)
yellow flowers on spined pseudobulbs, several times a year. Water
sparingly in winter. Becoming hard to find. Easy.
Lycaste deppei - (Mexico) Highly attractive light green flowers heavily spotted with brown with yellow petals and white lip. Very popular nad floriferous. Water
sparingly in winter. Easy.
Lycaste dowiana - (Panama/MTF) Glossy dark brown sepalds are sharply contrasted
by the creamy white petals and lip. Valuable for breeding compact-growing full pinks and reds. We have bloomed several outstanding clones from this group.
Very Limited.
Easy to grow and bloom. Moderately bright light, intermediate.
Lycaste gigantea - (Peru/MTF) Impressive very large waxy green flowers with rust-red lips on tall stems. Uncommon in cultivation
Grow moderately bright, intermediate-cool.
Lycaste lasioglosa - (Guatemala/MTF) Beautiful and unique species with braown sepals contrasted by the striking hairy yellow lip. Compact growing. Beconing uncommon in cultivation
Grow moderately bright, intermediate-cool.
Lycaste leucantha - (Panama/MTF) Wonderful small-growing
species with highly fragrant green and white blooms. Very rare in cultivation. Very limited!
Grow moderately bright, intermediate-cool.
Lycaste macrophylla - (Panama/MTF) Another of our favorites! Easy to grow and bloom. Grow rapidly into beautiful specimens that flower numerous times throughout the year. The Panamanian form offered has brown sepals, offset by cream-white petals and lip.
Lycaste macrophylla var. desboisiana - (Panama, Costa Rica/MTF*) Beautiful! Dark gbrown sepals with striking red petals and lip. Easy to grow and bloom. Grow rapidly into beautiful specimens that flower numerous times throughout the year. Very tall stems dispaly well, either when staked or pendent. Rarely offered. Divisions of our stock plants.
Lycaste macrophylla subsp. fuscina (Oakeley)(formerly, macrophylla var. elvallense) - (Panama/MTF)
Further taxonomic work may result in this unique subspecies being recognized as a distinct new species.
Most have dark brown sepals with either green sepal tips or a green picotee.
We have bloomed some outstanding cultivars from this group. Petals and lip are white. Easy to grow and bloom. Grow rapidly into beautiful
specimens that flower numerous times throughout the year.
We have one in bloom now with 14 flowers off the lead pseudobulb in a 5" bulb pan!
Lycaste macrophylla var. santafeensis - (Panama/MTF) A rare variety
with flowers tending from light brown to green, with white petals and lip. Easy to grow and bloom.
Grow rapidly into beautiful specimens that flower numerous times throughout the year. The
key feature of this variety is its unusual pleasant fragrance! Never offered before! Very limited.
WSO 2373 Lycaste plana [ined. Oakeley] ('Woodstream' x self)
- (Ecuador) Rare in cultivation! One of the finest of the Lycaste macrophylla species-complex. Compact growing, floriferous and colorful.
Lycaste powellii - (Panama/MTF) Another compact-growing attractive species from Panama. Flowers are heavily painted with chestnut red over very light green. Very unique and delightful. Fragrant. Moderately bright light, intermediate. Limited
Lycaste puntarenasensis - (Panama/MTF) Recognized by Dr. Fowlie as a subspecies of
Lycaste macrophylla, current taxonomic efforts using morphologic characters, fragrance analysis and DNA analysis
suggest that this will be recognized as a distinct new species!
Wide green-brown sepals, white petals. Very good shape and fragrant! Easy to grow and bloom. Grow rapidly into beautiful specimens that flower numerous times throughout the year.
Lycaste puntarenasensis (formerly, macrophylla) 'Sexy Lip' - (Panama/MTF) Recognized by Dr. Fowlie as a subspecies of
Lycaste macrophylla, current taxonomic efforts using morphologic characters, fragrance analysis and DNA analysis
suggest that this will be recognized as a distinct new species! A select clone with striking red painted lip.
Wide green-brown sepals, white petals. Very good shape and fragrant! Easy to grow and bloom. Grow rapidly into beautiful specimens that flower numerous times throughout the year.
Lycaste reichenbachiana - (Peru/MTF) Exotic green-flowered species related to Lycaste locusta. Very Limited,
Lycaste schilleriana - (Panama/MTF) The Panamanian form of this giant-flowered (up to 12 inches across) species have proven to be superior to its South American relatives. Very Limited,
Lycaste tricolor - (Panama/MTF) Popular and wonderful pink miniature is very floriferous. Very useful for breeding compact growing free-flowering Lycastes hybrids. Always in demand. Very rare... we are on of the very few sources.
Lycaste trifoliata - (Ecuador/MTF) One of our favorites! Compact growing, with beautiful, delicate white flowers with fringed lips. Tall thin pseudobulbs. Unique!! Very Limited,
Lycaste Jackpot (Auburn x Wylde Court) - Much sought after skinneri hybrid with very large rose-pink to red blooms. Great show plant!
Lycaste Pourbaixiana (skinneri x deppei) - Cross was first registered in 1903! Very limited
Lycaste Unregistered Hybrid (schilleriana x macrobulbon) - Incredible primary produces VERY large five inch green flowers with bright yellow petals and lip. Very limited.
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