Cypella

Read about Cypella in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cypella (application obscure). Iridaceae. South American bulbs, resembling Iris. Half-hardy: bulb tunicate: lvs. radical or cauline: fls. 1-3 from a spathe, yellow, orange or blue; segms. free, narrow or broadly unguiculate, the outer ones spreading and the inner erect and somewhat recurved at the apex. The genus differs from Iris and Moraea in its stigmas, which are neither petal-like nor filiform, but erect, and in the anthers, which are broad, erect, not curved, bearing the pollen on their edges, also in the plaited lvs. Perhaps a half- dozen species.—The bulbs should be set out in spring, lifted in fall and stored over winter. Prop, by offsets or by seed, which should be sown as soon as ripe. The blue-fld. species arc presumably equally worthy of cult. For the still showier C. caerulea, see Marica. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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