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Read about Acidanthera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Acidanthera (from akis, a cusp, and anthera, an anther, in allusion to cuspidate anthers). Iridaceae. Tender herbaceous perennials. Leaves many, linear, ensiform, 1-1 1/2 ft. long: spikes 3-6-fld., simple, lax: fls. long-tubed, the tube slightly dilated upwards; stamens unilateral, inserted at or below the throat: corms roundish, flattened, covered with a matted fiber. Natives of Trop. and S. Afr., and intermediate between Gladiolus and Ixia. The propagation is by seed or by the numerous corms.
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Species
- A. aequinoctialis. Baker. St. 3;4 ft., stout, stiffly erect: Lvs, strongly ribbed: fls. about 6 in a distichous spike, the tube 5-6 in. long, white, blotched crimson or purple within: corms large. Sierra Leone. May be a stronger-growing and more tropical form of the above. Requires warmhouse culture.
- A. Candida, Rendle. A slender, erect, leafy herb: fls. white, very sweet-scented. Trop. E. Afr.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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