Scuticaria

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Scuticaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Scuticaria (Latin, scutica, lash or whip). Orchidaceae. Orchids remarkable for their long whip-like leaves, which are channeled on one side. No evident pseudobulbs formed, but each shoot terminating in a long, pendulous lf.: lvs. rather crowded on the short rhizome: fls. solitary or several, on short peduncles, in structure fls. resembling Maxillaria, but the plants are easily distinguished by the terete lvs.; sepals and petals similar, the lateral ones forming a mentum; labellum movable, 3-lobed, with large, erect, lateral lobes; pollinia on a transversely elongated stipe.—Two species from S. Amer. These plants require a temperature similar to cattleya and laelia, but should be grown on blocks or in shallow baskets in a mixture of equal parts peat fiber and sphagnum. S. Steelii does best on a block, as the plant grows downward in an inverted position. The compost should be kept moist, particularly while the plants are in action. They are propagated by division. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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