. 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. 440 CEYTOPERA CYTISUS CYRTOPfiKA. Consult Cijrtopodium Woodfordii. CYRTOPODITJM (Greek for c!jrw(Z fooi, from the shape of the lip). Orchiddcem, tribe Vdndece. Epiphytes: steins fusiform, bearing plicate leaves: sepals and petals equal, free ; column semiterete : pollinia 2, caudicle short, gland ovate: scapes
. 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. 440 CEYTOPERA CYTISUS CYRTOPfiKA. Consult Cijrtopodium Woodfordii. CYRTOPODITJM (Greek for c!jrw(Z fooi, from the shape of the lip). Orchiddcem, tribe Vdndece. Epiphytes: steins fusiform, bearing plicate leaves: sepals and petals equal, free ; column semiterete : pollinia 2, caudicle short, gland ovate: scapes radical, bearing numerous flowers, pure yellow or spotted with crimson. Probably two dozen species, widely distributed in the tropics. They are large-growing plants, with large and showy flowers. They need a rich, fibrous soil with manure. Grow in a warm or tropical house. Andersonii, R. Br. Stems 5 ft. high": Ivs. long, lan- ceolate, sheathing at the base; scape often 3 ft. high, branching, bearing many yellow flowers: sepals and petals broad, bright yellow, the labellum brighter, front lobe slightly concave. Specimens with over 100 fls. have been recorded. Tropical Amer. 1800. punctatum, Lindl. Habit as above: scape from 2-3ft. high, branching about midway, dotted with dull purple, the branches subtended by membranaceous sheathing bracts, which are lanceolate, undulating, and dotted with crimson : sepals oblong-lanceolate, undulate, greenish yellow blotched with crimson; petals similar, spotted at the base; labellum >2 in. long, fleshy, bright yellow, lateral lobes crimson, midlobe spotted and margined with crimson; column green. Extensively dis- tributed through S. Amer. 3507. 22: Var. Saintlegeri&num, Hort. (C. SaintlegeriAnum, Eeich, f.). Has brighter markings on the bracts and flowers. Woddfordii, Sims (Cyrtopera Woddfordii, Lindl.). Stems fusiform: Ivs. lanceolate: scape radical, bearing a many-flowered raceme: fls. greenish, with a purp
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