Zygopetalum mackaii
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Zygopetalum mackaii, Hook. Fig. 4056. Pseudobulbs large, ovate: lvs. many, linear-lanceolate, 1 ft. long: scape 18 in. long, bearing 5 or 6 large fls.: sepals and petals dingy yellowish green, with blotches of purple on the inside, lanceolate, acute, erect, spreading, all united toward the base; labellum large, rounded, emarginate, white with radiating vein-like deep blue lines, glabrous. Brazil. B.M. 2748. B.R. 1433 (as Eulophia Mackaiana). P.M. 3:97. L.B.C. 17:1664. J.H. III. 33:295. G.M. 53:1037.—This is distinguished from Z. intermedium and Z. crinitum by its smooth labellum and narrower lvs. Vars. superbum, grandiflorum, majus are also advertised. Var. Charlesworthii, Hort. Sepals and petals emerald-green, without purple markings. G.C. III. 51:83.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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