Ipsea

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Read about Ipsea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ipsea (fancied resemblance to ips, a cynip insect or a worm). Orchidaceae. Two or 3 terrestrial E. Indian pseudobulbous orchids, allied to Pachystoma, with which it has been united: lvs. long, narrow and plicate: scape sheathed; fls. few, large, highly colored. I. speciosa, Lindl. (Pachystoma speciosum, Reichb.). Deciduous, tuberous-rooted, with erect scapes to 18 in. high: lvs. 5-8, long-petioled, 6-10 in. long: fls. several, bright yellow, fragrant, 2-3 in. diam., the lip oblong, with side lobes triangular and middle lobe obovate: pseudobulbs tufted. Ceylon. B.M. 5701. G. 26:189. —Blooms in winter. To be potted in fibrous loam, peat and leaf-mold, and rested alter growth. L. H.B.


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Ipsea
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Bletiinae
Genus: Ipsea
Lindl.

Species
*Ipsea malabarica

Ipsea is a genus of the family (Orchidaceae, endemic to India and Sri Lanka.