Calanthe picta

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Calanthe picta, Hook. f. (Maranta picta, Hort.). Habit dense and compact, covered in all parts with soft velvety hairs: growths with 4-10 Ivs. and ½-3 ft. high; blade elliptic, undulate, acute, 6-15 in. long, upper side rich velvety olive-green, feathered on either side of the midrib, pale yellowish green; under side rich purple-red; petiole 3-18 in. long, dull red; sheath extending nearly the entire length of the petiole, the upper inch or two being terete, and rather brighter in color than the lower part: infl. a dense cone-like spike, borne on long slender terete sts. 1-3 ft. long and bearing 1 or more Ivs. which change into runners after the fls. are over, becoming fleshy and rooting at the nodes, forming a ready means of prop.; bracts 1-2 in. long, erect, elliptic or ovate, pale primrose tinted with rose or violet: fls. in pairs, 1 in. diam., primrose tinted with violet. Brazil. B.M. 7674. G.C. III. 22:293. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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