Robust epiphyte. Pseudobulbs ovoid, to 10 cm long, compressed, tip without spines. Leaves 1-3, elliptic to lanceolate, to 75 cm long, to 15 cm wide. Flowers solitary, to 15 cm wide; autumn to spring. Sepals white to pink. Petals usually broader than sepals, reddish-violet. Labellum 3-lobed, midlobe ovate, white to pink with purplish markings. Syn. L. virginalis (Scheidw.) Lindl.

Mexico and C America.

L. macrophylla (Poepp. &Endl.) Lindl. from C and S America is a medium sized epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs and solitary greenish, white and pink nodding flowers to 9 cm wide.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Lycaste skinneri)