Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 3
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Orchids in the Tropics
With insect aid, a single plant has produced more than 1,700 seeds. Some are absolutely sterile to their own pollen when it is applied to their stigmas artificially. No wonder then that as a family, they have adopted the most marvelous blandishments and mechanism in the whole floral kingdom. The lip on upper side of flower is broad at the summit, tapering into a claw, flexible as if hinged, densely bearded on its face with white, yellow and magenta hairs.
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