Tupistra

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Tupistra in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tupistra (Greek, mallet, alluding to the peculiar shape of the stigma). Liliaceae. Perennial herbs grown in the warmhouse. Rhizome stout, sometimes short and tuberous, sometimes elongated and annulate: lvs. radical, long, large, contracted into the petiole: scape radical, between the lvs., short or elongated, erect or recurved at the top, simple, terminated by a dense cylindrical spike: fls. sessile, grouped, violet or lurid: perianth campanulate, 6-, rarely 8-lobed, short and spreading; stamens as many as corolla-lobes; ovary free, sessile, 3- rarely 4-celled, cells 2-ovuled: berry globose, usually 1-seeded.—About 13 species, India, Burma, and Malaya. Probably no species in general cult. The following species have been intro. into botanic gardens: T. Clarkei, Hook. f. Robust glabrous herb with a thick creeping rhizome: lvs. oblanceolate, 4-5 ft. long, 2-5 in. broad, entire, shining: peduncles 3 in. long, bearing nodding or almost pendulous spikes, 3-4 in. long: fls. about 1 1/4 in. across, dull reddish purple inside, at first green with perianth-lobes purple-margined, finally all buff. Sikkim. B.M. 7957.—T. grandis, Ridley. Lvs. tufted, 2-3 ft. long, lanceolate: peduncle stout, red-brown, bearing a spike 10-12 in. long: fls. subsessile, crowded; perianth campanulate, tube 1/2 in. long, red-brown, lobes dark red-purple; stigma broadly peltate, on a white columnar, exserted style. Perak. B.M. 7829.—T. Macrostigma, Baker (Macrostigma tupistroides, Kunth). Rhizome thick, creeping: flowering tufts usually 2-lvd.: lvs. petioled, lanceolate, 1 ft. or more long, acute, chartaceous, narrowed from above the middle to the point and petiole, bright green on both surfaces: peduncle dark purple, erect; spike drooping, lax, about 2-3 in. long: perianth campanulate, dark purple, about 1/2 in. across; ovary globose. Mountains of N. India. B.M. 6280. Gt. 6:130.—T. perakensis, Hort., is not known botanically; it is described as having elegant narrow lvs. and erect fl.-spikes 8 in. long, the upper half clothed with fleshy shining, purple fls. with a pure white, disk-like spreading flat stigma. Singapore. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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