BROMELIACEAE— ORCHIDA< 



Tritonia Monti 



c From i he 

 1. Perianth tube longer than the slightlj spn 

 2. Perianth-tube about the length of the widel) s| 

 The latter is a garden hybrid ol /. /',:... and I 



Bromeliaceae — Pineapple Family 

 Herbs, many of them epiphyl 

 instil 1, ovary 3-celled ; flowers syncarpous, apopetalou 

 regular or somewhat irregular; sepals not petal-like, usually 

 tropical or subtropical plants, sometimes grown in gi 

 Ovary inferior, plant growing in earth 

 Ovary superior, air plant 



Ananas Pineapple 

 I Brazilian name o pple) 



Plant with a fleshy multiple fruit, surmounted by a crown oi I 



Tillandsia Spanish Moss, Tillandsia 



Named for Tlllonda, a Sw 



1. Plant hanging in festoons; stem branched, thread-lik 



(Spanish Moss) 



2. Plant with a tuft of erect leaves; flowers in a clus 



a. Stamens shorter than the petals; flowers tew, blue 

 1). Stamens longer than the petals 



(1) Base of plant bulb-like; leaves about 1 dm. long 



(2) Base of plant not bulb-like 



(a) Leaves awl-shaped, about 15 cm. long 



(b) Leaves 1 cm. or more wide, 5 dm. long 



Scitaminales Canna Order 



Cannaceae — Canna Family 

 Large herbs, with rootstocks ami leafy stems; flowers in lusl 

 stamens 3-4, fertile stamen 1, pistil 1, ovary 3-celled, inferior; fl 

 epigynous, irregular; sterile stamens petal-like an. I larger than I 

 Others, fertile stamen petal-like with the anther along 

 seeds. 

 One genus 



Canna — ( lanna 



i l. at. canna, reed, 

 The garden Cannas are hybrids of numerous wild species from the 



W'-st Indies, South America, and northern India. 



Orchidales Orchid Order 



Orchidaceae — Orchid Family 

 Herbaceous plants with roi 

 them air plants; sepals 3, or apparei I) 2 a> a result 

 stamens 1 or 2, pistil 1, ovary I -celled (rarelj ; 

 apopetalous or sympetalous, epigynous, irregular; 

 petal (the 'lip") diff( ring from the ,,th- i t, 

 sterile stamens variable, the pollen of the I rl 

 usually bent or twist.d s,, as to invert the flower, 



Many tropical and subtropical forms ■ 



ous native plants of this family, nearlj all 



1. Fertile stamens 2; lip slipper like 



