Archive image from page 50 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 ACTINOPTERIS ACTIN6PTEEIS (aktin, ray, and pieris: the fronds radiately cut). Syn., Actiniopteris. PolypodiAcece. Greenhouse ferns from India, resembling miniature fan- palms. The sori are linear-elongate and subma
Archive image from page 50 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 ACTINOPTERIS ACTIN6PTEEIS (aktin, ray, and pieris: the fronds radiately cut). Syn., Actiniopteris. PolypodiAcece. Greenhouse ferns from India, resembling miniature fan- palms. The sori are linear-elongate and submarginal, and covered with indusia. A. radi&ta. Link, is the only recognized species. L. M. Undekwood. Ada (a complimentary name). OrchidAcere; tribe Vdndete. A genus of epiphytes containing two species. Petals and sepals slightly spreading from half their length; labellum parallel with the column and united to its base. Pound at high elevations on the Colombian Andes. Useful for the coolhouse, where they may be grown together with Odontoglossums, blooming in no definite season. aurantiica, Lindl. Fig. 32. Pseudobulbs 2-3 in., ovate to ovate-oblong, subcylindrical or slightly com- pressed, tapering toward the summits, bearing 1-3 nar- row leaf-Wades 6-12 in. long: petals and sepals narrow, pointed, channeled; labellum half as long as the petals: scape drooping, bearing racemes of cinnabar-red fls. L6hmanni, Rolfe. Leaves marbled with gray : label- lum white.—Not much in cultivation. A recent species. Oakes AilES. The Adas grow at the altitude of 8,500 ft. To grow them successfully, a house that can be kept very cool in summer is necessary, one having a northern exposure, such as is constructed for Odontoglossums being best, as the two plants are found growing together. Shading will be found necessary in summer during the hottest weather, preferably by roller shades, that can be rolled up in dull weather, as by this means a current of cool air is constantly passing over the glas
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