Calanthe Vandenheckei

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Calanthe Vandenheckei, Regel (Maranta and C. Gouletii, Hort.). Habit dense and tufted, 1-2½ ft. high: growths with 1-3 Ivs., usually 2; blade oblique, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 3-9 in. long, acute, upper side glabrous, rich dark green, marbled with silvery white along the midrib and an irregular undulating line of the same color running the complete circle of the blade, the intervening tissue in some cases will be also entirely composed of this silvery white colored tissue and the green part reduced to a marginal ring ½in. diam.; these two strikingly distinct forms of Ivs. will often be found on a single plant in adjoining growths; in this case it is not that either of them represent the adult stage, as both are of frequent occurrence on the same plant and both produce infls.; under side, dull purple-red; petiole erect or spreading, dull reddish brown; sheath reaching from one-third to one-half its length, upper part terete or oval: infl. an erect narrow spike, sometimes sessile but more commonly on a peduncle 3-15 in. high; bracts erect, ovate, green tinted with brown, closely adpressed and forming a narrow cone-like mass some 3-5 in. long, the upper pair of bracts always being enlarged and spreading outwards like 2 small elliptic Ivs.: fls. in pairs, white; sepals half the length of the tube; tube ¾in. long; petals elliptic spreading; column curved, white with brown stripe.—A fine stove plant for large or small pots, and on account of its tufted habit is of great use for decoration. Of very easy cult. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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