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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
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|familia=Orchidaceae
| name = ''Ipsea''
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|genus=Ipsea
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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|habit=orchid
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|lifespan=perennial
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
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|exposure=part-sun
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
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|water=moderate
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
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|features=flowers
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
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|flower_season=early winter, mid winter, late winter
| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
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|flowers=yellow
| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
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|Temp Metric=°F
| genus = '''''Ipsea'''''
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|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
| genus_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
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|image=Ipsea speciosa.jpg
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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|image_width=180
| subdivision =  
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|image_caption=''Ipsea speciosa'', Illustration.
*''[[Ipsea malabarica]]''
 
*''[[Ipsea speciosa]]''
 
*''[[Ipsea thailandica]]''
 
*etc.
 
 
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'''''Ipsea''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[Orchid]] [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Orchidaceae]]), [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[North America]].
  
'''''Ipsea''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Orchidaceae]], [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]].
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[[Category:Orchid genera]]
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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.—Blooms in winter. To be potted in fibrous loam, peat and leaf-mold, and rested alter growth.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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*''[[Ipsea malabarica]]
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*''[[Ipsea speciosa]]
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*''[[Ipsea thailandica]]
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*''[[Ipsea thomsoniana]]
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*''[[Ipsea wrayana]]
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==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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==References==
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<references/>
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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*{{wplink}}
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 25 March 2010


Ipsea speciosa, Illustration.


Plant Characteristics
Habit   orchid

Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun
Water: moderate
Features: flowers
Flower features: yellow
Scientific Names

Orchidaceae >

Ipsea >


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


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.—Blooms in winter. To be potted in fibrous loam, peat and leaf-mold, and rested alter growth.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Gallery

References

External links