Macleania insignis
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Macleania insignis, Mart. & Gal. Young foliage on spring growths with tints of red; a small evergreen shrub: lvs. 1-2 in. long, oblong or elliptic, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous: fls. axillary, scarlet, the cylindrical corolla 1½ in. long; calyx short, minutely 5-toothed; corolla- lobes small and spreading; filaments united to form a tube. Mex. B.M. 7694. G. 32:351; 36:517.—A handsome plant both in foliage and fl. for greenhouse. Said to have been first discovered growing epiphytically on oaks at an elevation of 4,000-6,000 ft. in Province of Vera Cruz.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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