Solenidium

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Solenidium (Greek, tube, and appearance, in allusion to the shape of the fl.). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic herbs with abbreviated sts. terminated by 1-2-lvd. pseudobulbs, occasionally grown in the warmhouse: lvs. rather long, thin-leathery: scape simple, axillary from below the pseudobulb: fls. in a lax raceme, medium-sized and long-pedicelled; bracts small; sepals subequal, free, spreading; petals similar to the sepals; labellum spreading at the base of the column, contracted to a long claw, dilated at the tip, undivided; column erect, broadly 2-winged, the wings spreading above into auricles and united with the membranaceous variously toothed or lobed clinandrium; pollinia 2: caps. not known.—One species in the Colombian Andes, S. racemosum, Lindl. About 6 in. high: st. shortened: lvs. rather long, ensiform, thinly coriaceous, narrowed at the base: fls. yellow, spotted with red; sepals and petals free. Nov. J.F. 4:349. Cult. like oncidium. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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