. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1716 STANHOPEA STAPELIA 4. Bucephalus, Liiull. IS. grandifldra, Reichb. f.). Paeudobulba crowded, rugose: Ivs. petioled, 9 in. long, pointed: the pendulous raceme bearing 4-b' large, tawny orange fls. marked with larg
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1716 STANHOPEA STAPELIA 4. Bucephalus, Liiull. IS. grandifldra, Reichb. f.). Paeudobulba crowded, rugose: Ivs. petioled, 9 in. long, pointed: the pendulous raceme bearing 4-b' large, tawny orange fls. marked with large crimson spots: sepals and petals reflexed, the former broad; lower part of the la- bellum curved, boat-shaped, bearing 2 curved horns and a broad fleshy middle lobe; column green and white, spotted with purple. Aug. Mexico, Peru. 5278. 31:24.—Pis. very fragrant. Distinguished by its very short ovaries. 5. platyceras, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs and lvs. as in S. Bucephalus but stouter : scape 2-fld., with ovate acute bracts one-half as long as the ovary: fls. 7 in. across, pale yellow, with numerous ring-shaped spots aud blotches of purple; sepals triangular oblong; pet- als broadly linear, acute; hypochil boat-shaped, 2V? in. long; horns 1 in. long, broad, pointing forward, paral- lel with the tongue-shaped middle lobe; the hypochil is deep purplish crimson inside, paler and spotted outside, the upper part of the labellum colored like the sepals. Colombia. Gn. 33:652. 6. insignia, Frost. Figs. 2390, 2391. Pseudobulbs clustered : lvs. broadly lanceolate: scape 6 in. long, covered with dark brown scales, 2-4-fld.: fls. 5 in. across, dull yellow, spotted with purple; sepals broad, concave; petals narrow, wavy; hypochil globose, almost wholly purple inside, heavily spotted outside, horns 1 in. long, falcate, middle lobe cordate, keeled. July- Oct. Brazil. 2948, 2949. 22:1837. 20:1985. (ing. 2:117 (from which Fig. 2290 is adapted).- Distinguished by the br
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