Masdevallia elephanticeps
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Masdevallia elephanticeps, Reichb. f. An odd species: lvs. broad-spatulate, obtuse: peduncles 1 ft. long, erect; fl. single, parti-colored—the dorsal or upper lobe light yellow, the lateral ones ribbed and crimson; calyx- tube gibbous at the base below, all of them gradually produced into stout yellow tails (one of them often crimson), arranged so as to suggest the tusks and raised trunk of an elephant (whence the specific name). Colombia. F.S. 10:997. B.M. 7824. C.O. 10. Var. pachysepala, Reichb. f. (M. Mooreana, Reichb. f.), has the dorsal lobe 3-nerved with crimson; tube spotted.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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