. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. METEORIC FLOWERS. 269 resemblance. This is the case in our own bee orchis {Ophrys apifera), not uncommon on chalky downs (fig. 44). In one curious species the appearance is that of a bird on the wing. The "snipe orchis" is just such a flower as in semi - barbarous coun- tries or amongst a super- stitious people, would be associated with some mystic legend, as in the case of another orchid, the "Holy Ghost "plant, The horned labellum of a New Guinea orchid (Pachy stoma) exhibits another type or
. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. METEORIC FLOWERS. 269 resemblance. This is the case in our own bee orchis {Ophrys apifera), not uncommon on chalky downs (fig. 44). In one curious species the appearance is that of a bird on the wing. The "snipe orchis" is just such a flower as in semi - barbarous coun- tries or amongst a super- stitious people, would be associated with some mystic legend, as in the case of another orchid, the "Holy Ghost "plant, The horned labellum of a New Guinea orchid (Pachy stoma) exhibits another type or irregu- larity (fig. 46). And the figure of a flower of a species of Dendrobuun, a parasitic orchid from New Guinea (fig. 47) will re- present a curious form in which two of the strap- shaped, erect petals, re- semble the horns of an antelope. The zebra orchis {Oncidium zebrinum) from Venezuela, has white. Fig. -Bee Orchis {Ophrys apifera).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), b. 1825. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York, E. & J. B. Young
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