Tacca cristata
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Tacca cristata, Jack (Ataccia cristata, Kunth). Rootstock a short conic caudex, marked with lf.-scars: lvs. 1-2 ft. long, oblong, acuminate, dark purplish green: scape longer then the lvs. : fls. dark purple, 1 1/2 in. across, in a somewhat 1-sided umbel, with numerous pale sterile pedicels 8-10 in. long: involucral bracts 4, conspicuous, the 2 inner elliptical, narrowed to a petiole, the 2 outer revolute. Malaya. B.M. 4589. F.S. 9:860-861. Gn. 45, p. 415; 49, p. 423.— According to Gn. 45. p. 415, it requires good, rich, open soil, with ample drainage, plenty of water, and a stove temperature. In the winter season the plant should be kept in a state of partial rest. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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