ORCHID FAMILY 57 



Oncidium guttatmn. Pseudobulbs short. Leaves thick, 

 oblong or elliptic, 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 1 in. or more across^ 

 in panicle, yellowish spotted with darker color. Flowering- 

 stem 3-6 ft. long. Lip crested, 3-lobed, about 1 in. wide, 

 middle lobe larger than lateral lobes. On trees in hammocks. 

 Southern peninsula Fla. 



TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS 



Grass-Pink. Calopogon. EARRmos (Genus Limodorum 



(Calopogon)) 



Far more of the Florida orchids grow in the earth than 

 on trees, and the most common are among the most at- 

 tractive. In many places the grace of the different grass- 

 pinks is offered in profusion from February to July, as in 

 magenta and pink, or in white tinged with purple, they 

 bloom in low pinelands, prairies, and marshes. The broad 

 lip, crested with colored hairs and borne at the upper side 

 ot the flower, is a characteristic feature of these orchids. 

 The pollen is concealed under a little lid. The flowering- 

 stem rises from a bulb, or corm, and there is generally but 

 one leaf. 



Limodorum graminifoUum is the earliest species to 

 bloom, and has fewer and lighter colored flowers than L. 

 muUiflorum. Both are common in many parts of the 

 state, and are locally called ^'earrings^' by Florida children. 

 L. Simpsonii, with larger flowers, and a longer season of 

 bloom, is found in marshes and low prairies in the southern 

 part of the peninsula. The northern L. tuberosum shows 

 in Florida a larger growth and more numerous flowers 

 than it does in the North. 



Limodorum multiflonim. Flowers purple or magenta, about 

 % in. across, several or many in terminal spike. Lip broad, 

 bearded. Stem 6-16 in. tall. Leaves solitary or 2, narrow, 

 3-6 in. long. Pinelands. Blooming in winter and spring. 

 Fla. 



