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Aphelandra nitens, Hook. f. An erect herb or sub-shrub: st. terete, green, stout, usually dwarf and compact: Lvs. shortly petiolate, ovate-acute, entire, thick, rich dark olive-green above, bright vinous purple below, highly glabrous on both sides, margins recurved; petiole very short or none, winged: infl. an erect terminal spike, 6 in. or more long; bracts green and erect, 1-1½ in. long, serrate; sepals ^iin. long, linear-lanceolate; corolla bright vermilion-scarlet, 1-1½ in. diam.; lip ovate, larger than the rest of the petals and slightly reflexed; upper pair of petals hooded; tube 1-1¼ in. long, yellow. Colombia. B.M. 5741. Gn. 48:122.— A fine dwarf-growing stove plant readily prop, by cuttings and often setting seed if kept in a cooler and drier house when in flower.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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</gallery>
==References==
<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 -->
==External links==
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|genus=Aphelandra
|species=nitens
|Temp Metric=°F
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
}}
Describe the plant here...
{{Inc|
Aphelandra nitens, Hook. f. An erect herb or sub-shrub: st. terete, green, stout, usually dwarf and compact: Lvs. shortly petiolate, ovate-acute, entire, thick, rich dark olive-green above, bright vinous purple below, highly glabrous on both sides, margins recurved; petiole very short or none, winged: infl. an erect terminal spike, 6 in. or more long; bracts green and erect, 1-1½ in. long, serrate; sepals ^iin. long, linear-lanceolate; corolla bright vermilion-scarlet, 1-1½ in. diam.; lip ovate, larger than the rest of the petals and slightly reflexed; upper pair of petals hooded; tube 1-1¼ in. long, yellow. Colombia. B.M. 5741. Gn. 48:122.— A fine dwarf-growing stove plant readily prop, by cuttings and often setting seed if kept in a cooler and drier house when in flower.
}}
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<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 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
__NOTOC__
