Collabium

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Read about Collabium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Collabium (neck and lip, referring to a peculiarity of the fl.). Orchidaceae. Two terrestrial orchids, of Java and Borneo, rarely cult., requiring the treatment given Catasetum. Lf. single, plicate: fls. or clusters racemose, on a tall scape; lateral petals attached to the foot or base of the incurved column; lip at its base encircling the column (whence the generic name); pollinia 2. C. nebulosum, Blume. Sts. fleshy, about 2 in. long: lf. broadly ovate, acuminate, the petiole rounded: scape about 2 ft., erect; fls. numerous in scattered clusters or whorls, spurred, about ½ in. long, the lip 3-lobed, white and a little fringed, the sepals and petals greenish with reddish margins. Java. C. simplex, Reichb. Lf. oblong, acute, wavy, green with darker blotches: fls. racemose at the apex of the scape; lip white; sepals and petals greenish yellow with purple and brown blotches. Borneo. CH


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