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|familia=Orchidaceae
Divisio|Magnoliophyta|
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|genus=Bollea
Classis|Liliopsida|
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Ordo|Asparagales|
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Familia|Orchidaceae|
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|image=Bollea coelestis Orchi 01.jpg
Subfamilia|Epidendroideae}}
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== Genus:  '''''[[:Category:Bollea|Bollea]]''''' Rchb.f. (1852) ==
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:Synonymum: '' Pescatoria'' Rchb.f. (1852)
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'''''Bollea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s from the orchid family, [[Orchidaceae]].
  
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Bollea (in honor of Dr. Karl Bolle). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic greenhouse orchids without pseudobulbs, with flat Lvs., and lateral 1-fld. peduncles: sepals and petals nearly alike, spreading, the lateral sepals forming a distinct chin; lip articulated to the column-foot, entire, the margin revolute, furnished with a thick ridged plate, over which the stout column extends; pollinia 4. —A Trop. American genus of 4 species.
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Image:Bollea coelestis Orchi 01.jpg|'''''[[Bollea coelestis|Bollea<br />coelestis]]'''''
 
Image:Bollea coelestis Orchi 01.jpg|'''''[[Bollea coelestis|Bollea<br />coelestis]]'''''
 
Image:Bollea ecuadorana Orchi 01.jpg|'''''[[Bollea ecuadorana|Bollea<br />ecuadorana]]'''''
 
Image:Bollea ecuadorana Orchi 01.jpg|'''''[[Bollea ecuadorana|Bollea<br />ecuadorana]]'''''
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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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Bollea coelestis Orchi 01.jpg


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Bollea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.


Read about Bollea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Bollea (in honor of Dr. Karl Bolle). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic greenhouse orchids without pseudobulbs, with flat Lvs., and lateral 1-fld. peduncles: sepals and petals nearly alike, spreading, the lateral sepals forming a distinct chin; lip articulated to the column-foot, entire, the margin revolute, furnished with a thick ridged plate, over which the stout column extends; pollinia 4. —A Trop. American genus of 4 species.


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Cultivation

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