Calanthe illustris

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Calanthe illustris, Nichols. (Maranta illustris, Lindl.). Habit dwarf and compact, 6-9 in. high: Ivs. spreading, growths bearing 2-5 Ivs. 6-9 in. long; blade oblique, ovate, acute, undulate, 4-6 in. long, 2-5 in. broad, upper side rich dark shining olive-green, with a bluish metallic luster over the whole, the midrib being feathered on either side with dull silvery white and an irregular zone of the same color running the complete circle of the blade, under side dull purplish red; petiole 2-3 in. long, spreading, dull greenish brown; sheath extending to one-half the length of the petiole, upper part terete; petioles, If.-scales and under side of the midrib covered with minute brown hairs: infl. an erect, capitate, few-fld. spike, on slender peduncle 4-6 in. long; bracts of two kinds, the upper 3 or 4 green, foliolose ovate, spreading over the floral bracts, and curving upward at the tips; lower bracts scarious, orbicular, light brown and shading to bright red at the point of attachment to the rachis, bracteoles 2-4, lanceolate, shorter than the bract: fls. in pairs; sepals white, two-thirds length of the tube, tube ⅔in. long; petals lanceolate, white, spreading, ½in. long; 2 aborted petaloid stamens larger than the petals, obovate, lower one heavily blotched with purple; stamen hooded; style and stigma white, curved, ⅓in. long; ovary minute, white. Ecuador. F.S. 16:1691-2.—By some regarded as derived from C. roseo-picta. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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