Calanthe Luciana

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Calanthe Luciana, Hort. Habit medium to strong, compact, more or less tufted: growths with 2-5 Ivs., usually with 3, arching over at the tips and ½-3 ft. high; blade elliptic, oblique, glabrous, acute, slightly undulate. 3-12 in. long, upper side light pea-green feathered along the midrib with pale greenish white and with a concentric zone of the same shade near the margin of the lf., under side dull grayish green; petiole erect, slender, rigid, pale green, glabrous or nearly so; sheath extending from one-half to nearly the entire length of the petiole, upper part oval, slightly flattened on each side: infl. a short few-fld. spike; peduncle 1-3 in. long; bracts spreading or erect, ovate, light reddish brown, 1½ in. long; fls. in pairs, yellow; sepals thin, linear, one-third the length of the tube; corolla yellow; petals elliptic, ⅔in. long, spreading, acute; the 2 petaloid aborted stamens obovate, ⅓in. long, bright yellow, and striped or blotched with bright red; style curved, ½in. long, yellow. Trop. Amer. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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