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FIG. 530. SPOTTED ORCHIS (Orchis maculata). 



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The pale nurple or white flowers are spotted and streaked with purple as guides to insects, though no nectar is pro- 

 vided. It. U believed that the insects suck sweet moisture from the tissues of the hollow spur . The plant to the left 

 of the photo is the Twayblade. The Spotted Orchis is native in EUROPE. N. ASIA, and the HIMALAYA. 



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