Notylia

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Scientific Names

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Read about Notylia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Notylia (back and hump, alluding to a lump or protuberance on the column), Orchidaceae. About 20 Trop. American orchids of the Vandae group, little grown. They need warmhouse treatment. Small low- plants, with plane coriaceous or fleshy Lvs.: fls. inconspicuous, white, greenish or yellow, on radical racemes; sepals equal, narrow, erect or becoming spreading, free or the 2 lateral ones connate; petals resembling the sepals; lip unguiculate, entire, sometimes slightly adnate to the column; pollinia 2, waxy, not appendaged. N. bicolor, Lindl. "Whole plant not. more than an inch and a half high: Lvs. generally about 5, equitant, stiff, acuminate, scimitar-shaped, scarcely half the length of the fl.-spikes." Sepals white, and petals lilac with blue spots at base, lip lilac: spikes drooping. Guatemala. B.M. 5609. N. trisepala, Lindl. & Paxt. Epiphytic: pseudobulb ½ in. long, 1-lvd.: Lvs. oblong, to 3 in.: scape pendulous, about ½ft. long, with a many-fld. raceme of pale green very small fls. with scoop-shaped lip. Mex. B.M. 8306. N. sagittifera, Hook. (Pleurothallis sagittifera, HBK. N. multiflora, Lindl.). Stemless parasite: Lvs. distichous, deciduous, oval-lanceolate, nerveless: spikes axillary, many-fld., cernuous, the fls. bright rose- color. Guiana. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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