Elementary botany . embers of theorchis family. The larger number of the members of this family grow in thetropics. Many of these in the forests are supported in lofty trees where theyare brought near the sunlight, and such are called epiphytes. A numberof species of orchids are distributed in temperate regions. POLLINA TION. 443 857. Cypripedium, or lady-slipper.—One species of the lady-slipper isshown in fig. 468. The labellum in this genus is shaped like a shoe, as one ^ k SRI 4 j * ml 11 J»l£> ^K*^^3*3h1 r^^®w ~^ • • ? ^Bl^^ZT^ >--* —. ,**-•:»?..., ^™ Fig. group of jacks. can s
Elementary botany . embers of theorchis family. The larger number of the members of this family grow in thetropics. Many of these in the forests are supported in lofty trees where theyare brought near the sunlight, and such are called epiphytes. A numberof species of orchids are distributed in temperate regions. POLLINA TION. 443 857. Cypripedium, or lady-slipper.—One species of the lady-slipper isshown in fig. 468. The labellum in this genus is shaped like a shoe, as one ^ k SRI 4 j * ml 11 J»l£> ^K*^^3*3h1 r^^®w ~^ • • ? ^Bl^^ZT^ >--* —. ,**-•:»?..., ^™ Fig. group of jacks. can see by the section of the flower in fig. 468. The stigma is situated at sttwhile the anther is situated at «, upon the style. The insect enters aboutthe middle of the boat-shaped labellum. In going out it passes up and out 444 RELATION TO ENVIRONMENT. at the end near the flower stalk. In doing this it passes the stigma first andthe anther last, rubbing against both. The pollen caught on the head of.
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