Cipura

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cipura in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cipura (origin of name unexplained). Iridaceae. Four Trop. American bulbous plants, rarely grown under glass. Allied to Nemastylis: fls. with 6 parts or petals, the inner 3 being much smaller, white or light blue, borne in terminal heads, short-tubed. The only species likely to be in cult. is C. paludosa, Aubl., with white fls. and radical linear-lanceolate lvs.; bulb conical-globose. B.M. 646 (as Marica). Prop. by seeds and offsets; to be kept on the dry side through winter. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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