Rhodostachys

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Rhodostachys in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rhodostachys (Greek, rose and flower-spike, alluding to the rose-colored fls. of some species). Bro- meliaceae. Herbs suitable for the warmhouse : lvs. rosu- late, long, linear, rather stiff and spinulose-serrate : heads terminal, sessile within an involucre of numerous floral lvs.; fls. subsessile on a hemispherical or short- conical receptacle; sepals erect and strongly imbricated; petals free, imbricated; stamens free; ovary inferior. About 6 or 7 species, S. Amer. R. andina, Phil., is a low subacaulescent plant: lvs. linear, about 1 ft. long and 1 in. broad, aculeate-margined, glabrous: spike almost globose with scarious bracts about equaling the fls.; fls., rose calyx-lobe lanceolate, strongly acuminate ; petals nearly 1 in. long, linear-lanceolate, strongly acuminate. Chile. B.M. 7148. G.W. 3, p. 286. R. pitcairniifolia, Benth. & Hook. f. (Fascicularia pit- cairniifolia, Mez). Sts. short, with some short branches at the top: lvs. many, crowded, ensiform from an ovate triangular base, about 1 ft. long and 1 in. wide, margins with short antrorse spines; the innermost lvs. bright red at their base : fls. in a dense central, sessile head, about 2 in. diam.; sepals narrowly lanceolate-acuminate; petals blue, oblong, obtuse, erect; ovary oblong, plano-convex. Chile. B.M. 8087. F. Tracy Hubbard. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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