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Calanthe Veitchiana, Hook. f. Fig. 737. Habit strong, loose, and spreading, 1-4 ft. high: growths with 2-8 Ivs., usually with 3; blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, oblique, acute, undulate, glabrous, 4-12 in. long, upper side rich dark glossy green, feathered along either side of the midrib with an irregular band of pale green and with an inner zone of dark olive-green blotches and an outer one of pale yellowish green (often shading to white) between the midrib and margin; under side similarly blotched, but in shades of purple-red and rosy red; petiole ½-3 ft. long, stout, green and glabrous above, tinted with reddish brown and hairy in lower part; sheath extending from one-third to one-half the length of the petiole, upper part terete: infl. on erect densely fld. spike on peduncle 4-6 in. long; spike 2-3 in. long, with a rosette 2 in. diam., of large green foliolose erect or capped spreading bracts; floral bracts erect, spreading at the tips, ovate, an inch long, outer ones covered in lower part with brown hairs; fls. in pairs, primrose-white, tube ¾in. long, slender; sepals erect, , ½in. long, lanceolate; petals elliptic ½in. long, reflexed; fertile stamen hooded, small, 2 aborted petaloid ones longer than the petals, obovate, bilobed, with a bright violet blotch on the front; style and stigma small, curved. Peru. B.M. 5535. G.C. 1870:924. Gn. 2, p. 545. F.S. 16:1655-8.—A dwarf Maranta var. Foxii, Raffill, has recently been intro. into cult. from Venezuela. It differs from the type in its dwarf habit, rarely exceeding 10-12 in. high: Ivs. broader, more reflexed, and with a bright rose or red midrib; the color of the markings of the If. are darker and of a slightly different shape, the dark inner zone of green being more broken in outline, and running into the midrib: infl. smaller, but the fls. in size and color are the same as in the type.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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