Maxillaria venusta
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Maxillaria venusta, Lind. & Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs oblong, compressed, 2-lvd.: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, plane, 1 ft. long: scapes 6 in. long, bearing a single glistening white fl. 6 in. across; sepals and petals long- lanceolate, acuminate, spreading; the lateral sepals wider, labellum much smaller; middle lobe triangular recurved, obtuse, yellow; lateral lobes very obtuse, bordered with red; disk with a rounded, hairy callus. Winter and spring. Colombia. B.M. 5296. G.C. III. 12:367 (abnormal).—A large-fld., showy species.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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