Calanthe eximia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Calanthe eximia, Koern. (Phrynium eximium, Koch). Habit loose and spreading: growths bearing 1-3 Ivs., usually 2, and from 1-3 ft. long; blade elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acute, 6-15 in. long, upper surface alternately striped with rich olive-green and light silver tissue, and arranged in the form of a feather, midrib channeled pale yellowish green, under side rich dark wine-red, glabrous above, softly tomentose with brown hairs beneath; petiole spreading, stout, 1-2 ft. long, lower part light green, reddish brown above, beneath extending from one-third to nearly the entire length of the petiole, upper part oval or terete. Cent. Amer. Gt. 686.—One of the finest and most beautiful members of the genus. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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