Ansellia

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Read about Ansellia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ansellia (in honor of John Ansell, African explorer). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic hothouse orchids with tall, thickened leafy stems.

Flowers in panicles, showy; sepals and petals similar, spreading; lip erect, sessile at the end of the column- foot; lateral lobes broad, parallel, erect; middle lobe round-ovate, spreading ; pollinia 2.—A genus of 4 closely related species, perhaps all forms of 1 species.


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