. 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. 2016 ZYGOPETALUM ZYGOPETALUM 6. intermedium, Lodd. Lts. ensiform, 1}4 ft. long, 13'-2 in. wide: scape longer than the Ivs., bearing 5-6 fls. each nearly 'S in. across: sepals and petals oblong, acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown; labelluin rotund, narrowed at the base, <leeply 2-lobed in fr
. 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. 2016 ZYGOPETALUM ZYGOPETALUM 6. intermedium, Lodd. Lts. ensiform, 1}4 ft. long, 13'-2 in. wide: scape longer than the Ivs., bearing 5-6 fls. each nearly 'S in. across: sepals and petals oblong, acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown; labelluin rotund, narrowed at the base, <leeply 2-lobed 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. Rivieri).- P\ of Z. Mackaii are often cultivated under this name. 7. S^deni, Reichb. f. Plants strong, with the scape about as long as the Ivs. and bearing several fls.: sepals and petals deep purple-brown, bordered with green; labellum pale purple in front, becoming deep purple toward the base. 1880:417.—A gardeu hybrid raised by Veitch. 8. violiceum, Reichb. f. (Huntleya violAcea, Lindl.). Fig. 28U0. Lvs. as in Z. Lalind&i: 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. coelSste, Reichb. f. {Bbllea eceUstis, Reichb. f.). Lvs. 6-10 ou 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 violer with yellowish margins and a thick yellow crest. Fls. freely in summer. Columbia.
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