THE ORCHID TRIBE. . 357 



whose fantastic forms and gorgeous aspect make 

 them objects of the most extraordinary character. 

 The glowing colours and delicious fragrance of 

 these plants have given them admission now to 

 our conservatories. In the plant-stoves at 



ORCHIDS GROWING OK A DEAD TRUNK. 



Kew, orchids are to be seen growing upon pieces 

 of dead wood, or out of a little moss in iron 

 baskets, or out of oyster-shells, cocoa-nuts, and 

 the like. Their long, naked, snake-like roots drop 

 into the air from the topmost boughs on which 



