Warrea

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Warrea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Warrea (named for Frederick Warre, who discovered the first species in Brazil). Orchidaceae. Plants with the habit of small forms of Phaius. Lvs. few, long, plicate: scape tall, bracted, bearing a raceme of terminal showy fls.: sepals and petals subequal, concave, the lateral sepals united with the base of the column; labellum not spurred, united with the base of the column, undivided, concave, with longitudinal ridges; column without appendages; pollinia 4, with a narrow stipe. —Two species, Peru and Colombia. They require the same treatment as phaius. W. cyanea, Lindl.-Aganisia cyanea. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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