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Ritaia (named after Mr. Rita of the Khasia Commission). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic orchid, rare in cult.: st. much and subdichotomously branched, densely clothed with scarious sheaths: branches short and bearing a terminal sheathed, 1-2-fld. peduncle: lf. fleshy, lanceolate, jointed to the axis at the end of a branch: fls. small, puberulous; lateral sepals broad-based, adnate to the foot of the column; lip adnate by its margins to the column. One species, Himalaya. Now referred to Ceratostylis. C. himalaica, Hook. f. (Ritaia himalaica, King & Pantl). Sts. pendulous with a solitary lf. and a single terminal peduncle: lf. fleshy, linear-oblong, apex obliquely notched: fls. 1, occasionally 2, pale yellow, pubescent outside; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, lateral sepals broader, abruptly acuminate; petals linear, about as long as the sepals; lip fleshy, not lobed.
F. Tracy Hubbard.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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Ritaia (named after Mr. Rita of the Khasia Commission). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic orchid, rare in cult.: st. much and subdichotomously branched, densely clothed with scarious sheaths: branches short and bearing a terminal sheathed, 1-2-fld. peduncle: lf. fleshy, lanceolate, jointed to the axis at the end of a branch: fls. small, puberulous; lateral sepals broad-based, adnate to the foot of the column; lip adnate by its margins to the column. One species, Himalaya. Now referred to Ceratostylis. C. himalaica, Hook. f. (Ritaia himalaica, King & Pantl). Sts. pendulous with a solitary lf. and a single terminal peduncle: lf. fleshy, linear-oblong, apex obliquely notched: fls. 1, occasionally 2, pale yellow, pubescent outside; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, lateral sepals broader, abruptly acuminate; petals linear, about as long as the sepals; lip fleshy, not lobed.
F. Tracy Hubbard.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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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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