Acineta humboldtii

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Acineta humboldtii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Acineta humboldtii, Lindl. (Peristeria Humboldtii, Lindl. A. superba, Reichb.). Pseudobulbs ovate, about 3 in. long, bearing 3 or 4 lvs. about 1 ft. long: fls. chocolate, spotted with crimson, 6 or more, in pendulous racemes. Mts. of N. S. Amer. Gn. 3:11; 32, p. 157; 25, p. 482. Var. Colmanii, Hort. Fls. profusely spotted with purple. A. chrysantha, Lindl. Fls. golden yellow, the lip whitish, and the column purplish or crimson. Mex.- A. densa, Lindl. (A. Warsoewiczii, Klotzsch). Fls. in a dense raceme, pale yellow, externally spotted with reddish brown, fragrant; lip yellow, marked with crimson. Costa Rica. B.M. 7143.—A. Hrubyana, Reichb. Fls. white, the lip spotted with purple. Colombia.—A. Moorei, Rolfe. Fls. straw-colored, sub-globose, thickly brown-spotted; the lip fleshy, the lateral lobes obliquely reniform, the midlobe oblong, blunt. S. Amer. B.M. 8392.—A. sulcata. Reichb. f. Fls. yellow; otherwise similar to A. Humboldtii. George V. Nash ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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