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| + | Quite similar to ''[[Zygopetalum mackayi]]'' |
− | Zygopetalum intermedium, Lodd. Lvs. ensiform, 1 1/2 ft. long, 1 1/2 in. wide: scape longer than the lvs., bearing 5-6 fls. each nearly 3 in. across: sepals and petals oblong, acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown: labellum rotund, narrowed at the base, deeply 2-lobed in front, pubescent, bluish white with radiating broken lines of purplish blue; column green and white. Fls. in winter. Brazil. R.H. 1873:190 (as Z. Rivieri).— Plants of Z. Mackaii are often cult. under this name.
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| Petals and sepals are fleshy. Heavily dappled with dark maroon-purple. | | Petals and sepals are fleshy. Heavily dappled with dark maroon-purple. |
| Fan-shaped labellum. | | Fan-shaped labellum. |
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| Blooms are 3in (8cm) wide. | | Blooms are 3in (8cm) wide. |
| Blooms on thick upright spikes. | | Blooms on thick upright spikes. |
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| + | Zygopetalum intermedium, Lodd. Lvs. ensiform, 1 1/2 ft. long, 1 1/2 in. wide: scape longer than the lvs., bearing 5-6 fls. each nearly 3 in. across: sepals and petals oblong, acute, green with large, confluent blotches of brown: labellum rotund, narrowed at the base, deeply 2-lobed in front, pubescent, bluish white with radiating broken lines of purplish blue; column green and white. Fls. in winter. Brazil.— Plants of Z. Mackaii are often cult. under this name. |
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| ==Cultivation== | | ==Cultivation== |