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Aphelandra blanchetiana, Hook, f. (A. amoena, Bull). St. terete, green, tinted with dull purple, with deeper shading around the base of petiole and at the nodes, thick and stout: Lvs. ovate-acuminate, with many pairs of conspicuous nerves, green, the midrib, and often the main veins, white; petiole, 1-2 in. long, terete, glabrous: fls. dark yellow, exceeding the long, entire, cusp-pointed red scales: spike sessile. Brazil. B.M. 7179.—Known in the trade as A. amoena, having been described under that name before it had flowered in cult.
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==References==
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*[[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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