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Title: Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ulate, often fimbriate, smooth 1674 SGBRALIA SOBRALIA or with longitudinal ridges; column slender; pollinia8. About 30 species, inhabiting the mountains ofMexico and tropical America. The following accountcomprises the species that appear to be in the Americantrade, but others are to be found in the collection offanciers, as /S. Lilinstrum, Lindl., with large whiteyellow-veined fls.; S. Wilsoni, Rolfe, with large whitefls. shaded with rose and spotted with purple ; alsovarious forms of »S. macrantha, as vars. nana, pur-purea and alblda. Heinrich Hasselbring. Sobralias are charming orchids, and where room canbe given to large plants they well repay the space andcare they require. Many of them, to be .sure, are veryfugacious in their blooming, some lasting only a day,but nearly all of them make up for this by a successionof flowers which is more or less rapid. The individualblossoms are of a size to equal almost any orchid flower,and quite as graceful in their general appearance —far
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2332. Sobralia macrantha (X J^). more graceful than most Cattleyas even. Where spacefor large and bushy plants can be afforded, some of theSobralias will prove most charming plants, having thedouble advantage of presenting in a well-grown plantnot only beautiful blossoms but a subject which is thor-oughly good-looking as a foliage plant. They also havethe added advantage of being, in most instances, ofrather easy culture. Given a suitable soil and a liberalsupply of water they are almost sure to grow and bloom,although they will do better if they are given theirtime for rest, when less water is allowed without per-mitting the material about the roots ever to becomequite dry. The flowers of many Sobralias are very fugacious,some lasting only one day, but nearly all of the varie-ties make up for this fault by a succession of flowersmore or less rapid through a blooming period of, insome instances, many weeks. In size the individualblossoms vary from that of an ordinary Cattleya labiatat

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