. 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. Gardening. ORCHIS OREGON 1171 6RCHIS (Greek word, referring to the shape of the tuberous roots of certain species). Orchidace(v. Orchis is the typical genus of the great family of Or- chids. It contains about 70 species, all terrestrial and natives of the northern hemisphere, chiefly in Europe and Asia, with 2 species in
. 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. Gardening. ORCHIS OREGON 1171 6RCHIS (Greek word, referring to the shape of the tuberous roots of certain species). Orchidace(v. Orchis is the typical genus of the great family of Or- chids. It contains about 70 species, all terrestrial and natives of the northern hemisphere, chiefly in Europe and Asia, with 2 species in North America. Plants per- ennial by means of simple or palmate tubers : stem simple, erect, terminating in a raceme or spike, with few to many rather small fls., and bearing several Ivs., with long sheaths; bracts often foliaceous: sepals all similar, eonnivent or spreading: petals often smaller, entire: labelluin 3-Iobed, middle lobe entire or parted, base spurred : column very short or none : stigma plane, not produced (Habenaria). Orchises are not showy, and they have no horticul- tural standing, but lovers of our native Orchids are always collecting them and trying to cultivate them, usually with little success. P. W. Barclay writes: "The American species of Orchis are woodland plants, requiring rich leaf soil, with rather heavy shade, and that even condition of moisture characteristic of deep woods. Where these conditions cannot be supplied the plants invariably prove ; See also discus- sion on terrestrial orchids, page 1165. hircina, Crantz [H i m a n t o g J 6 s s n in htrclnum, Spreng.). Flower stems 1-2 ft. high, bearing a loose raceme 4—8 in. long: fls. greenish white, exhaling a disagreeable odor; middle lobe of the labellum long, strap-like and twisted, lateral lobes much smaller: Ivs. few near the bottom of the scape, oblong-lanceolate May, June. Europe and northern Africa. Adver tised by Dutch bulb-growers. spectdbilis, Linn. Fig. 1590. A
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