Ipsea

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 Ipsea subsp. var.  
Ipsea speciosa, Illustration.
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Ipsea is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae), endemic to India, Sri Lanka and North America.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ipsea (fancied resemblance to ips, a cynip insect or a worm). Orchidaceae. Two or 3 terrestrial E. Indian pseudobulbous orchids, allied to Pachystoma, with which it has been united: lvs. long, narrow and plicate: scape sheathed; fls. few, large, highly colored. I. speciosa, Lindl. (Pachystoma speciosum, Reichb.). Deciduous, tuberous-rooted, with erect scapes to 18 in. high: lvs. 5-8, long-petioled, 6-10 in. long: fls. several, bright yellow, fragrant, 2-3 in. diam., the lip oblong, with side lobes triangular and middle lobe obovate: pseudobulbs tufted. Ceylon.—Blooms in winter. To be potted in fibrous loam, peat and leaf-mold, and rested alter growth.


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