ORCHIDE^E 



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two distinct anthers which contain separate sticky 

 grains of pollen, not polliniums, and the stigma being 



FIG. 89. CCELOGYNE 



An Orchid of the DENDROBIUM group. 



single, not of two fused together. But in by far the 

 greater number of Orchids, all the ordinary ones, 

 the flower is very much as in DENDROBIUM, VANDA 

 or HABENARIA. It is a very large family numbering 

 over six thousand species, all perennial herbs with 

 tubers or thick rhizomes. Many have most beautiful 

 flowers, and are specially prized because of their rarity 

 and the length of time they remain fresh. 



