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'''''Huntleya''''' is a small [[orchid]] genus that includes fourteen species | '''''Huntleya''''' is a small [[orchid]] genus that includes fourteen species | ||
These are [[epiphyte|epiphytic]], [[pseudobulb]]less and often larger plants with subplicates leaves nearing forty centimeters long, erect and single-flowered. They occur in wet cloud forests at medium altitudes of [[Guatemala]], [[Costa Rica]], South America down to [[Bolivia]]. The type species ''Huntleya meleagris'' equally occurs in [[Trinidad]]. | These are [[epiphyte|epiphytic]], [[pseudobulb]]less and often larger plants with subplicates leaves nearing forty centimeters long, erect and single-flowered. They occur in wet cloud forests at medium altitudes of [[Guatemala]], [[Costa Rica]], South America down to [[Bolivia]]. The type species ''Huntleya meleagris'' equally occurs in [[Trinidad]]. | ||
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Huntleya (personal name). Orchidaceae. Epiphytal orchids without pseudobulbs, like Zygopetalum. | |||
Leaves several: fls. solitary on long peduncles in the If .-axils; sepals and petals similar, spreading, the lateral sepals forming a slight chin; lip articulated to the foot of the column, the upper part ovate, concave, narrowed into a broad claw below with a fringed callus; column broadly winged at apex; pollinia 4, upon an ovate stalk.—Species 2, in Trop. Amer. | |||
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==Cultivation== | |||
===Propagation=== | |||
===Pests and diseases=== | |||
== Species == | == Species == | ||
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* ''[[Huntleya wallisii]]'' (Rchb.f.) Rolfe | * ''[[Huntleya wallisii]]'' (Rchb.f.) Rolfe | ||
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==References== | |||
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 | |||
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> | |||
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> | |||
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> | |||
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Huntleya is a small orchid genus that includes fourteen species
These are epiphytic, pseudobulbless and often larger plants with subplicates leaves nearing forty centimeters long, erect and single-flowered. They occur in wet cloud forests at medium altitudes of Guatemala, Costa Rica, South America down to Bolivia. The type species Huntleya meleagris equally occurs in Trinidad.
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Huntleya (personal name). Orchidaceae. Epiphytal orchids without pseudobulbs, like Zygopetalum. Leaves several: fls. solitary on long peduncles in the If .-axils; sepals and petals similar, spreading, the lateral sepals forming a slight chin; lip articulated to the foot of the column, the upper part ovate, concave, narrowed into a broad claw below with a fringed callus; column broadly winged at apex; pollinia 4, upon an ovate stalk.—Species 2, in Trop. Amer.
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Describe the plant here...
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
- Huntleya apiculata (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
- Huntleya brevis Schltr.
- Huntleya burtii (Endres & Rchb.f.) Rolfe
- Huntleya caroli P.Ortiz
- Huntleya citrina Rolfe
- Huntleya fasciata Fowlie
- Huntleya grandiflora Lam.
- Huntleya gustavii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
- Huntleya lucida (Rolfe) Rolfe
- Huntleya meleagris Lindl.
- Huntleya sessiliflora Bateman ex Lindl.
- Huntleya vargasii Dodson & D.E.Benn.
- Huntleya waldvogelii Jenny
- Huntleya wallisii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
Gallery
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photo 2
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photo 3
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Huntleya. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Huntleya QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)