. 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. 1716 STANHOPEA 4. Bucephalus, Linill. (S. rjriimUfldra, Reichl). f.)- Pseudobulbs crowded, rugose: Ivs. petioled, 9 in. long, ipointed: the pendulous raceme bearing 4-6 large, tawny â orange fls. marked with large crimson spots: sepals and petals reflexed, the former 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. 1716 STANHOPEA 4. Bucephalus, Linill. (S. rjriimUfldra, Reichl). f.)- Pseudobulbs crowded, rugose: Ivs. petioled, 9 in. long, ipointed: the pendulous raceme bearing 4-6 large, tawny â 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. âFls. very fragrant. Distinguished by its very short ovaries. 5. platyc^ras, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs and Ivs. as In S. Bucephalus but stouter : scape 2-fld., with orate acute bracts one-half as long as the ovary: fls. 7 in. across, pale yellow, with numerous ring-shaped spots and blotches of purple; sepals triangular oblong; pet- als broadly linear, acute; hypochil boat-shaped, 2H 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:G52. 6. insignia, Frost. Figs. 2390, 2391. Pseudobulbs clustered: Ivs. broadly lanceolate: scape 6 in. long, covered with dark brown scales, 2â4-fld.: fls. 5 in. across, dull yellow, spotted with purple; sepals broad, â concave; petals narrow, wavy; hypochil globose, almost wholly piirpli- iiisidi', heavily spotted outside, horns 1 in. loiiL.'. middle lobe cordate, keeled. July- â Oct. i;i-i/.il. l;..M. i"., 2949. 22:1837. 20;). lin-. J: 117 ( from which Fig. 2290is adapted).- Distinguished by the broad wings of the column
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