Cipura
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Cipura (origin of name unexplained). Iridaceae. Four Trop. American bulbous plants, rarely grown under glass. Allied to Nemastylis: fls. with 6 parts or petals, the inner 3 being much smaller, white or light blue, borne in terminal heads, short-tubed. The only species likely to be in cult. is C. paludosa, Aubl., with white fls. and radical linear-lanceolate lvs.; bulb conical-globose. B.M. 646 (as Marica). Prop. by seeds and offsets; to be kept on the dry side through winter. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963