Thrixspermum

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Thrixspermum (Greek, hair and seed, referring to the hair-shaped seeds). Syn., Sarcochilus. Orchidaceae. Epiphytic non-pseudobulbous orchids, grown for their bloom in the warmhouse. Stems short, either covered with prominent persistent truncate bases of the lvs. or leafless: lvs. flat and often falcate, or narrow-linear, or none: racemes axillary; bracts small; sepals and petals nearly equal, free, spreading, the lateral sepals often more or less dilated at the base: labellum articulate at the end of the basal projection of the column, 3-lobed; column short, erect, produced at the base; pollen-masses 4: caps. usually linear or narrow-oblong.—Species 30, Old World. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

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References

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

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