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Notylia (back and hump, alluding to a lump or protuberance on the column), Orchidaceae. About 20 Trop. American orchids of the Vandae group, little grown. They need warmhouse treatment. Small low- plants, with plane coriaceous or fleshy Lvs.: fls. inconspicuous, white, greenish or yellow, on radical racemes; sepals equal, narrow, erect or becoming spreading, free or the 2 lateral ones connate; petals resembling the sepals; lip unguiculate, entire, sometimes slightly adnate to the column; pollinia 2, waxy, not appendaged. N. bicolor, Lindl. "Whole plant not. more than an inch and a half high: Lvs. generally about 5, equitant, stiff, acuminate, scimitar-shaped, scarcely half the length of the fl.-spikes." Sepals white, and petals lilac with blue spots at base, lip lilac: spikes drooping. Guatemala. B.M. 5609. N. trisepala, Lindl. & Paxt. Epiphytic: pseudobulb ½ in. long, 1-lvd.: Lvs. oblong, to 3 in.: scape pendulous, about ½ft. long, with a many-fld. raceme of pale green very small fls. with scoop-shaped lip. Mex. B.M. 8306. N. sagittifera, Hook. (Pleurothallis sagittifera, HBK. N. multiflora, Lindl.). Stemless parasite: Lvs. distichous, deciduous, oval-lanceolate, nerveless: spikes axillary, many-fld., cernuous, the fls. bright rose- color. Guiana.
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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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