. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2016 ZYGOPETALUM G. intermddium, Loild. Lvs. ensiform, 1}4 ft. lonpr, is; in. wide: scape longer than the lvs., bearing 5-6 Hs'. each nearly 3 in. across: sepals and petaLs oblong, acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown; labellum rotund, narrowed at the b
. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2016 ZYGOPETALUM G. intermddium, Loild. Lvs. ensiform, 1}4 ft. lonpr, is; in. wide: scape longer than the lvs., bearing 5-6 Hs'. each nearly 3 in. across: sepals and petaLs oblong, acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown; labellum rotund, narrowed at the base, deeply 2-Iobed in front, pubescent, bluish white with radiating broken lines of purplish blue; column green and white. Fls. in winter, remaining in perfection about two months. Brazil. 1873:190 (as Z. Birieri).- P\&nts of Z. Mackaii are often cultivated under this name. 7. SSdeni, Reichb. f. Plants ^^'V-. ^vith thf â â â¢.â about as long as the lvs. and bi';n p ,. > . J lU , , ,' - and petals deep purple-brown. labellum pale purple in front, ; toward the base. 1880 g,.i(|r,, Ir, l,,!.| raised by Veitch. 8. vioI4ceum, Reichb. f. (Btintleya violdcea, Lindl.). Fig. 28U0. Lvs. as in Z. Lalindei: fls. on nodding scapes 4-6 in. long, deep violet; sepals and petals ovate revolute, tipped with yellowish green; labellum ovate, cordate, crest of thick ridges covered by the arching column. Guiana. 7:678. 8:1. 9. coBlfiste, Reichb. f. (Bmea ca-Ustis, Reichb. f.). Lvs. 6-10 on a shoot, oblong-lanceolate, 6 in. long, 2 in. broad, with 6 paler sheaths 3-4 in. long: fls. solitary, on stout peduncles 6 in. in length; sepals broad, violet- purple, darker toward the top and margined with yellow at the tip, the lateral pair larger; petals like the dorsal sepal but paler; labellum short-clawed, ovate, deeply cordate, margins recurved and tip revolute, deep violet with yellowish margins and a thick yellow crest. Pis. freely in summer. Columbia. B.
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