Aphelandra blanchetiana

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 Aphelandra blanchetiana subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aphelandra blanchetiana, Hook, f. (A. amoena, Bull). St. terete, green, tinted with dull purple, with deeper shading around the base of petiole and at the nodes, thick and stout: Lvs. ovate-acuminate, with many pairs of conspicuous nerves, green, the midrib, and often the main veins, white; petiole, 1-2 in. long, terete, glabrous: fls. dark yellow, exceeding the long, entire, cusp-pointed red scales: spike sessile. Brazil. B.M. 7179.—Known in the trade as A. amoena, having been described under that name before it had flowered in cult.


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