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Selenipedium caudatum syn. Phragmipedium caudatum

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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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ORCHID and stigmas. The trumpet form of the lip is characteristic of many of the most beautiful South AmericanOrchids, as Sobralia, Lselia, Cattleya, etc. In othergenera the labellum is variously modified. Sometimesit is small and petal-like, sometimes greatly expanded,forming the most conspicuous part of the flower (0»-cidmm tigrinum,OdontogIo!fsiim Londeshoronghianum), ORCHID 1161
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1563. Selenipedium caudatum In other instances it is almost Indescribably transformed(Stanhopea, Gongora). In nearly all cases the labellum is provided with raisedlines, crests, and markings for guiding the insects. Inmany genera the base is produced into a sac or spur,which secretes honey, or whose walls contain juiceswhich are sought by insects. In the curious MadagascarOrchid, Angr(Fcnm sesquipedale, the spur attains theastonishing length of 10 or 11 inches (Fig. 1564). TJie habit of Orchid plants is almost as varied as thatof the flowers themselves. It is dependent upon themode of life of the plants, which, in this respect, maybe divided into three classes, —saprophytes, epiphytes,and terrestrial Orchids. True parasites are not knownto occur in this family. The saprophytic Orchids are the most reduced forms,devoid of chlorophyll, and depending for their carbonfood ;upon the organic matter of the humus in whichthey grow. The subterranean stem or rhizome consistsof a much-knotted

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