Physosiphon
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Read about Physosiphon in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Physosiphon (Greek, bladder tube). Orchidaceae. Tufted epiphytes: sts. in the form of creeping rhizomes, at the end 1-lvd., 1-2 sheaths below the lf .,not pseudo bulbous: lf. coriaceous, narrow at base: infl. an elongated raceme; fls. small, short-pedicelled, secund; sepals joined at the base in an ovoid or urceolate tube, above free, spreading; petals dwarfed in the base of the tube, fleshy, obovate-cuneate; labellum small, articulate with the base of the column, oblong-cuneate, concave, midlobe shortly exceeding the others; column below elevated, footless or produced in a short foot, clinandrium short, often obtuse, 3-lobed; anthers terminal, deciduous, pollinia 2, waxy, ovoid. About 15 species, Mex. to Brazil P. Loddigesii, Lindl. Lf.-stalks 1-2 in. high, sheathed with a brown membrane: lvs. fleshy, about 4 in. high: scapes erect, 6-9 in. high, 12-15-fld., produced from the junction of the lf.-stalk and blade; scapes are produced by the same lf. in successive years: fls. small, petals and lip minute, hidden in a green, 3-sided tube formed by the connate bases of the sepals, free part of sepals orange-brown. Mex. J.H. III. 48:71. A coolhouse orchid sometimes offered in trade-lists. P. asaroides. Kranzl. Rhizome long and slender: sts. very short, almost none: lvs. 3-cornered, thick, lanceolate, up to 1 1/4 in. long, usually reddish: fls. solitary or in pairs, very shortly stalked, green- spotted and suffused with purple outside, dark purple inside; tube of sepals 1 in. long; petals and lip 1-1 1/2 in. long. S. Brazil. Said to be in cult, in Eu. F. Tracy Hubbard.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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