Calanthe trifasciata
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Calanthe trifasciata. Koern. (Phrynium propinquum, Poepp. & Endl.). Habit dwarf, spreading, with short free-branching rhizomes: growths bearing 1 If. only; blade cordate-ovate, unequilateral, 3-12 in. long, apex acute, and half twisted around, upper side silvery gray shading to green at the margins and with a row on either side of the midrib of dark green stripes arranged pinnately, under side light green, prominently striated on both upper and lower sides with a network of fine veins connecting all the principal lateral veins; midrib pale yellowish brown on the under side and covered with dark brown hairs in the lower half and extending for an inch or more on the apex of the petiole; petiole 3-12 in. long, light green, glabrous except in the upper inch or so; scale Ivs. reddish brown. Guiana.—A companion plant to C. Wiotiana, to which it is closely allied, but differs in the broader and paler color of the Ivs. Of easy cult. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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