Calanthe Lietzei

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Calanthe Lietzei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Calanthe Lietzei, E. Morr. (Maranta conspicua, Bull. M. Neubertii, Hort.). Habit dwarf, spreading by means of runners: growths bearing from 1-7 Ivs. ½-2 ft. high; blade obliquely elliptic, acute, undulate, glabrous, 3-9 in. long, upper side soft velvety green, striped along the principal veins with dark olive-green and feathered between the veins with splashes of yellowish green, lower side dull purple-red, midrib brown; petiole 3-15 in. long, softly tomentose in lower part; sheath extending from one-half to nearly the entire length of the petiole: infl. borne upon long slender leafy sts., which later become swollen and root at the nodes and change to runners, thus forming an easy means of prop: few- fld., bracts green, ovate; fls. in pairs in axil of each bract, pure white, ½in. diam.; sepals linear; petals obovate. Brazil. B.H. 25:273. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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