Aphelandra nitens

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 Aphelandra nitens subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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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