Sievekingia


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Read about Sievekingia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sievekingia (named for Dr. Sieveking). Orchidaceae. Pseudobulbous orchids suitable for the warm-house; of secondary importance.

Pseudobulbs usually clustered, 1-lvd.: lf. usually petioled: labellum immobile, angled with the column, ventricose, either simple or tridentate at the apex.—About 3 species, natives of Cent. and S. Amer. Allied to Lacaena.

There is a third species in the trade, S. peruviana, Rolfe, but while mentioned in Orchid Review it seems never to have been described. A native of Peru. CH


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