Tipularia

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Read about Tipularia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tipularia (Latin, Tipula, a genus of insects, alluding to the form of the flower). Orchidaceae. Small terrestrial orchids in N. Amer. and the Himalaya region. Herbs with solid bulbs, having several generations connected by offsets: lf. solitary, basal, appearing in autumn long after the flowering season: fls. in a long loose, terminal raceme, green, nodding; sepals and petals similar, spreading; labellum 3-lobed, produced into a long spur behind; column erect, wingless or narrowly winged.—Two species, one Himalayan.


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Tipularia
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Calypsoeae
Genus: Tipularia
Nutt.

Species
*Tipularia discolor - cranefly orchid

Tipularia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising only 2 species. Its name is derived from Tipula, a genus of cranefly.

The 2 genera Anthericlis Raf. and Plecturus Raf. have been brought into synonymy with Tipularia.