Nervilia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Nervilia (name refers to the nerved Lvs.). Orchidaceae. By some authors made a section of Pogonia with fl.-scape bearing only scales and not Lvs., the foliage coming later and separately, stigma broad and lip elongated: the small grayish or reddish fls. are sometimes solitary or twin but usually in a short raceme, nodding: Lvs. radical, usually broad, sometimes colored or marked. The species are about 20, from Trop. Afr. to China. They are very little known in cult.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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