Show Or clil t aal thris iti we fiul find in garden and foredt the fol lowins all orchids are not air plants so called our native spi species cies without exception grow in the ground although many of those which flourish in the tropics tio and ami which are cultivated in temperate countries under guss glass receive their couii ciment from the moisture in the air plants of the orchid family differ from all others in tho the arrangement of their organs of reproduction winch which are united into intha a column composed of a 1 single or in case of the ladys slipper of two stamens coherent with mith or borne on the style or thick fleshy stigma the of the flower is composed of six divisions arranged in two sets each of three the three outer divisions are called sepals and often resemble iu in text test nie e anAc anil cibir those of tha inner hot etc called aleki petals tala of the inner set of these divisions one differs from the others in chape and direction and is r called the lip the sack of hie ladys slipper this is really the upper petal that is tho the one next net to the axis ax is of the flower but by a half twist of the ovary it is made to appear as if it wei 0 alie lowest these elements sepals sepi lb petals petal lip and column variel almost almo i without limit in form and color combine to produce the almost infinito infinite number of widely idely N differing flims which ire are so fascinating in their oddity quaintness and beauty orchids are found in all warm cind temperate tempa rate parts paita of tile the world although 1 they aliey are more abundant in t the lie tropics than elsewhere they are perennial plants often with tuber learing bearing lit roots and the peculiar structure tuie tui e of th their air flowers renders impossible their lin unaided aided fertilization for which they the de on the visits of insects |