Roscoea purpurea

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Roscoea purpurea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Roscoea purpurea, Smith. Fig. 3460. About 6-12 in. high: sts. with 5-6 sessile, lanceolate lvs. : fls. few, in a sessile spike; calyx green, 1 1/2 in. long, slit deeply down one side as the fl. expands; corolla-tube rather dilated upward; limb purple, rarely pale lilac or white, upper segm. about 1 in., very cucullate, lower lanceolate, decurved; staminoid oblanceolate-unguiculate: caps, cylindric. Himalayas, Assam, and Burma. B.M. 4630. B.R. 26:61. L.B.C. 15:1404. G.C. III. 8:191. Gn. 78:159. G.W. 14, p. 370. J.F. 3:230.—A variable species, the hardiest of the genus. Var. sikkimensis, Hort. (R. sikkimensis, Hort.), is said to differ from the type in being epiphytic, in its roots and sts., and its more numerous fls. which are a different shade of purple. Himalayas. Gn. 78:159. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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