. 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. L^LIA showy fls. borne singly or in 2- to , which arise from the top of l-_'-lvil. |.~. The plants greatly resemble L':iti|. :i., :;;m1 1 :1c r i>iily by the presence of 8 perfect polliM n il uf 4. as iu Cattleya. Lvs. oblong, corin . not jilicate: pseudobulbs terminating ti
. 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. L^LIA showy fls. borne singly or in 2- to , which arise from the top of l-_'-lvil. |.~. The plants greatly resemble L':iti|. :i., :;;m1 1 :1c r i>iily by the presence of 8 perfect polliM n il uf 4. as iu Cattleya. Lvs. oblong, corin . not jilicate: pseudobulbs terminating til' i^inn il ih, ovate, cla- vate, fusiform or stem-liiie, Iuhlt sburt, consisting of 1 to several thickened internodes, or of slender and quill-like form with merely a small bulbous swelling at base, sheathed with scales and bearing 1 or 2 Ivs. at the summit: sepals subequal, frcf. nliiiL-: jkIhIs wider and sometimes longer, spn i ' â ' ; ;i:iliy plane: labellum free from the basr ..i i imiri,' or less distinctly 3-lobed, the lati-ra] : . : , . nrt, folding over the column; middle luiij l< n^, â xi Mink-d, lanceolate-ovate, etc.: column concave in front, and thus narrowly 2-winged on the edges: poUinia 8, 4 in each locule: scape terminal, long or short, bracted. The genus contains about 30 species, dispersed in the maritime provinces of Mexico and <TUatennila and in S. Brazil. No species is common to the two widely sepa- rated regions. A single species, L. monuphiilbi, in- habits the mountains of .Ja- maica. In their native homes the plants are often found clini^ing to bare rocks and trees, where they are exposed to the full force of the tropi- cal sun, and, in the wet sea- son, to daily drenching rains. Some of the species grow at great altitudes. Thus, L. aii- (i(»iHn7is, var. furfuracea, is always found in alpine re- gions at elevations of 7,500- ()0 ft. For a list of culti- vated kinds, see R. A. Rolfp, : 1(17, 25G, 333,35.'); UADRONI
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