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| latin_name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
| classis = <!--- Class -->
| ordo = <!--- Order -->
| familia = <!--- Family -->
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Platylepis (Greek, broad scale; presumably referring to the fact that the sepals are broad). Orchidaceae. Terrestrial herbs with creeping rhizomes and ascending leafy sts., suitable for the warmhouse: lvs. petiolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, membranous: fls. narrow, shortly pedicelled, arranged in dense spikes; bracts ovate; sepals subequal, narrow, free, connivent round the column; lateral united at the base into a very short chin.; petals narrow, slightly cohering with the dorsal sepal into a hood; lip sessile at the base of the column, erect, channelled, broadly ventricose at the base, cohering with the margins of the column; limb very little dilated; column elongated, subterete, cli- nandrium oblong, erect behind the rostellum. About 6 species, Trop, and S. Afr. P. australis, Rolfe. Lvs. ovate, 2-4 in. long, 15-21-nerved: infl. erect scapes 6-12 in. long, bearing an oblong or elongated many-fld. raceme 2-5 in. long; fls. small, green, with the upper half of the lip white. S. Afr. P. densiflora, Rolfe. Differs from the preceding in having narrower sepals, the lateral not reflexed in the middle, narrower petals, and a lip not constricted in the middle. Mascarene Isls. Both species have been intro. at Kew Gardens, but probably are not in general cult. Stovehouse plants.
F. Tracy Hubbard.
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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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==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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[[Category:Categorize]]
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