Sigmatostalix
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Read about Sigmatostalix in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sigmatostalix (Greek S and stake). Orchidaceae. Low herbs with very short, few-lvd. sts., covered with distichous sheaths and terminated by a 1-lvd. pseudobulb, suitable for the warmhouse: fls. in racemes, short-pedicelled, pendulous, medium-sized or small; sepals free, about equal, spreading, acute or acuminate; petals similar to the sepals only narrower; labellum long-clawed, 2-keeled; column elongated, very narrow; pollinia 2: caps. ovoid, 3-edged, beakless.—About 12 species, Trop. Amer. S. bicornuta, Rolfe. Cespitose, about 2 in. high: pseudobulbs elliptic-oblong, apex 1-lvd., base 4-lvd.: lvs. linear, subobtuse or minutely denticulate: scapes lateral, slender, few-fld.: fls. small, yellow with deep purple-red stripes; sepals linear-lanceolate, reflexed; petals linear-lanceolate, with 2 fleshy conical horns; labellum sessile, somewhat spreading, reniform-orbicular. Peru. S. Eliae, Rolfe. Pseudobulbs compressed, ovate-oblong, apex 1-lvd., base 2-3-lvd.: lvs. oblong and very short bidentate, base attenuate: scapes slender, many-fld.: fls. yellow, spotted with reddish brown; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, acute, reflexed; labellum spreading, broad-clawed, 3-lobed, midlobe reniform-orbicular, lateral lobes reflexed, linear-oblong. Colombia. S. peruviana, Rolfe. Cespitose, about 2-3 in. high: pseudobulb ovoid or ovoid-oblong, apex 1-lvd., base 4-lvd.: lvs. linear, subobtuse, or minutely denticulate, base conduplicate: scapes lateral, slender, few-fld.: sepals and petals straw-colored with purple band at base of dorsal sepal and the petals, lip light yellow with a shiny orange-yellow crest; sepals oblong spreading; petals suberect, oblong; labellum sub-sessile, deltoid-reniform, undulate. Peru. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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