View source for Cryptostylis

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Cryptostylis (hidden style, Greek). Syn. Zosterostylis. Orchidaceae. Eight or 10 terrestrial orchids of the II. Indies, Malaya and Austral., allied to Pogonia. Lvs. solitary or few, narrow and membranaceous, on stiff petioles: fls. rather large, racemose or spicate on simple sheathed scapes, the sepals and petals very slender or even awl-like and nearly or quite equal; Up large, sessile, the broad base inclosing the column and then expanding into a broad blade. C. arachnites, Blume. Rootstock fleshy: Lvs. erect, green, lanceolate: fls. on a scape 18 in. or less high, many and spider-like, the sepals and petals green and the fleshy hp purple and mottled, pubescent and grooved. India (Ceylon, Khasia). B.M. 5381. A curious indoor orchid.
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