Difference between revisions of "Sobralia macrantha"
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Height: | ⇕ | 1 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1. to 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. |
Width: | ⇔ | 1 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1. to 4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 10 to 12 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, blue, purple, pink, white |
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Sobralia macrantha, commonly known as the Large-flowered Sobralia, is a species of orchid found from north-central and southern Mexico to Central America.
Read about Sobralia macrantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sobralia macrantha, Lindl. Sts. tufted, reed-like, 4-7 ft. high, leafy all the way up: lvs. broadly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, long-pointed, 8-10 in. long: fls. several at the ends of the sts., rose-purple, with the front of the labellum deep purple; sepals linear-oblong, 4 1/2 in. long, reflexed and twisted; petals broader, oblong, wavy above; labellum 5 in. long, with the expanded portion almost circular, 3 in. across and 2- lobed at the apex, very wavy; tube long, whitish within, with a yellow stain in the throat and several thin yellow ridges. May-July. Mex. and Guatemala. Var. albida, Hort. Fls. very large, creamy white. Var. nana, Hort. Fls. smaller than type; lip dark violet-purple. CH
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