Notylia

Notylia subsp. var.
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Notylia, abbreviated Ntl in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of more than 40 species, native to Central America and South America.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. 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. 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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Species

List of species:

• Notylia albida
• Notylia angustifolia
• Notylia barkeri
• Notylia bernoullii
• Notylia bicolor
• Notylia brenesii
• Notylia buchtienii
• Notylia bungerothii
• Notylia calceolaris
• Notylia carnosiflora
• Notylia durandiana
• Notylia glaziovii
• Notylia huegelii
• Notylia lankesteri
• Notylia lexarzana
• Notylia lilacina
• Notylia longispicata
• Notylia manabina
• Notylia multiflora
• Notylia oberonia
• Notylia orbicularis
• Notylia panamensis
• Notylia pentachne
• Notylia pompona
• Notylia punctata
• Notylia rhombilabia
• Notylia rimbachii
• Notylia rosea
• Notylia sagittifera
• Notylia sylvestris
• Notylia tridachne
• Notylia trullulifera
• Notylia vanilla
• Notylia venezuelana
• Notylia wullschlaegeliana
• Notylia xyphophora

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

• w:Notylia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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