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Pitcairnia (W. Pitcairn, a London physician). Bromeliaceae. Billbergia-like very short-stemmed perennial herbs or subshrubs. | Pitcairnia (W. Pitcairn, a London physician). Bromeliaceae. Billbergia-like very short-stemmed perennial herbs or subshrubs. | ||
| − | Leaves in dense rosettes, narrow, often prickly-margined: infl. a central spike or raceme of long-tubular red, yellow or nearly white fls.; fls. perfectj sepals 3, free; petals 3, unguiculate, erect or spreading at the apex, usually with 2 small scales at the base; stamens 6, free, with linear anthers: fr. a 3-valved caps., with numerous seeds.—Mez, the recent monographer of the bromeliads (in DC. Monogr. Phaner. 9), admits 134 species of Pitcairnia. See also Baker in Journ. Bot. | + | Leaves in dense rosettes, narrow, often prickly-margined: infl. a central spike or raceme of long-tubular red, yellow or nearly white fls.; fls. perfectj sepals 3, free; petals 3, unguiculate, erect or spreading at the apex, usually with 2 small scales at the base; stamens 6, free, with linear anthers: fr. a 3-valved caps., with numerous seeds.—Mez, the recent monographer of the bromeliads (in DC. Monogr. Phaner. 9), admits 134 species of Pitcairnia. See also Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881. They are American, mostly tropical. In choice collections, various species of pitcairnias may be expected, but very few of them are in the American trade. For pictures of two Mexican species, P. Jaliscana and P. Palmeri (not cult.), see G.F. 1:197 and 211. P. farinosa is an undetermined trade name. For other species, see [[Puya]]. For cult, of pitcairnias, follow advice given under Billbergia. |
| − | 1881. They are American, mostly tropical. In choice collections, various species of pitcairnias may be expected, but very few of them are in the American trade. For pictures of two Mexican species, P. Jaliscana and P. Palmeri (not cult.), see G.F. 1:197 and 211. P. farinosa is an undetermined trade name. For other species, see Puya. For cult, of pitcairnias, follow advice given under Billbergia. | ||
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| + | P. alpcstris=Puya.—P. caeruloa=Puya.—P. echinata, Hook. Lvs. of two kinds, the one scale-like, the other normally developed, up to 3 ft. long and 2 1/2 in. wide, spiny: panicle bipinnate: sepals acute, keeled, echinate with stellate hairs; petals yellow. Colombia. B.M. 4709. J.F. 4:407.—P. flammea, Lindl Lvs. up to 3 ft., and 1 1/4 in. broad, linear-ensiform, entire: racemes densely many-fld., on a scape; sepals acute; petals red. Brazil. B.M. 7175 (as P. Roezlii).—P. Funckiana, A. Dietr. Lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 2 in. wide lanceolate, glabrous, unarmed: fls. in a lax raceme on a manifest scape; sepals obtuse; petals white. Guiana and Colombia. Gt. 4:44. B.M. 4705 (as P. macrocalyx).—P. Jacksonii, Hook.=P. punicea.—P. Karwinskyana, Schult. Lvs. of two kinds, the one persistent, setiform, the other normal, deciduous when old, up to 1 ft. long, and 1/2 in. broad, unarmed, glabrous, grass-like: raceme few- fid., on a manifest scape- sepals acute; petals red. Mex.—P. Micheliana, Andre. Tufted, Stemless: lvs. linear, channeled, 2 ft. or more long: scapes tall, bearing spikes of scarlet-red fls. Mex. R.H. 1901:576.—P. punicea, Scheidw. Lvs. up to 10 in. long, leas than 1/2 in. wide, narrowly linear-lanceolate, longly acute, glabrous above, pale scaly beneath: raceme on a scape, several- fld.; sepals obliquely acute, scaly; petals brick-red. Mex. J.F. 2:127. B.M. 4540 (as P. Jacksoni).— P. recurvata, Koch. Lvs. 2 ft. long, 1-2 in. broad, lanceolate, minutely serrulated toward the tip: fls. in dense raceme, 4-6 in. long, milk-white. Brazil.—P. ringens. klotzsch & Link. Lvs. of two kinds, the one brown, awl-shaped, the other grass-like, 2 1/2 ft. long, about 1/2 in. broad, unarmed except at base, glabrous: raceme few- to several-fld., on a manifest scape; sepals acute; petals red. Mex. Gt. 2:53.—P. spathacea, Griseb.= Puya spathacea, Mex.—P. suaveolens, Lindl. Lvs. up to 18 in. long, and about 1/2 in. broad, narrowly ensiform, unarmed, green: raceme dense, on a manifest scape; sepals very acute; petals yellow. Brazil. B.R. 1069.—P. tabulaeformis. Lind. Lvs. up to 6 in. long, 1 1/2 in. wide, oblong-spatulate: infl. globose, head-like, sessile; sepals acute; petals red. I.H. 9:344. F.M. 5:297. B.M. 8410. | ||
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| + | P-undulata, scheidw. outer lvs. triangular, brown, entire, the inner ones few, up to 2 ft. iong, 3/4 in. wide, unarmed undulate, pale scaly, becoming glabrous; petals red. S. Brazil. | ||
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Read about Pitcairnia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Pitcairnia (W. Pitcairn, a London physician). Bromeliaceae. Billbergia-like very short-stemmed perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves in dense rosettes, narrow, often prickly-margined: infl. a central spike or raceme of long-tubular red, yellow or nearly white fls.; fls. perfectj sepals 3, free; petals 3, unguiculate, erect or spreading at the apex, usually with 2 small scales at the base; stamens 6, free, with linear anthers: fr. a 3-valved caps., with numerous seeds.—Mez, the recent monographer of the bromeliads (in DC. Monogr. Phaner. 9), admits 134 species of Pitcairnia. See also Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881. They are American, mostly tropical. In choice collections, various species of pitcairnias may be expected, but very few of them are in the American trade. For pictures of two Mexican species, P. Jaliscana and P. Palmeri (not cult.), see G.F. 1:197 and 211. P. farinosa is an undetermined trade name. For other species, see Puya. For cult, of pitcairnias, follow advice given under Billbergia. CH
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