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Quekettia (in honor of E. J. Quekett). Orchida- ceae. Small epiphytic plants: lvs. terete, fleshy: scape filiform, branched: fls. small; sepals and petals similar, linear; lip erect from foot of column, about as long as sepals, entire, hollowed at base; column erect, with 2 recurved appendages at apex; anther terminal, incumbent; pollinia 2, waxy, ovoid, upon linear stalks.— About 6 species known, all Brazilian. Related to Ada; little known horticulturally. George V. Nash.
Quekettia (in honor of E. J. Quekett). Orchidaceae. Small epiphytic plants: lvs. terete, fleshy: scape filiform, branched: fls. small; sepals and petals similar, linear; lip erect from foot of column, about as long as sepals, entire, hollowed at base; column erect, with 2 recurved appendages at apex; anther terminal, incumbent; pollinia 2, waxy, ovoid, upon linear stalks.— About 6 species known, all Brazilian. Related to Ada; little known horticulturally. George V. Nash.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
==Species==
* ''Quekettia georgius'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) (Madagascar)
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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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