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My Studio Neighbors
·
W. Hamilton Gibson
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Another
similar
device
for
assuring
the
necessary
side
approach
is
seen
in
H.
flava
(Fig.
15),
a
yellowish
spiked
species,
more
or
less
common
in
swamps
and
rich
alluvial
haunts.
Professor
Wood
remarks,
botanically,
"The
tubercle
(or
palate)
of
the
lip
is
a
remarkable
character."
But
he,
too,
has
failed
to
note
the
equally
remarkable
palate
of
the
ragged
orchid,
just
described,
both
provisions
having
the
same
purpose,
the
insurance
of
an
oblique
approach
to
the
nectary.
In
H.
flava
this
"tubercle,"
instead
of
depending
from
the
throat,
grows
upward
from
the
lip,
and,
as
we
look
at
the
flower
directly
from
the
front,
completely
hides
the
opening
to
the
nectary,
and
an
insect
is
compelled
to
insert
its
tongue
on
one
side,
which
direction
causes
it
to
pass
directly
beneath
the
pollen
disc,
as
in
H.
lacera,
and
with
the
same
result.
Of
all
our
native
orchids,
at
least
in
the
northeastern
United
States,
the
Cypripedium,
or
Moccasin-Flower,
is
perhaps
the
general
favorite,
and
certainly
the
most
widely
known.
This
is
readily
accounted
for
not
only
by
its
frequency,
but
by
its
conspicuousness.
The
term
"moccasin-flower"
is
applied
more
or
less
indiscriminately
to
all
species.
The
flower
is
also
known
as
the
ladies'-slipper,
more
specifically
Venus's-slipper--as
warranted
by
its
generic
botanical
title--from
a
fancied
resemblance
in
the
form
of
the
inflated
lip,
which
is
characteristic
of
the
genus.
We
may
readily
infer
that
the
fair
goddess
was
not
consulted
at
the
christening.
There
are
six
native
species
of
the
cypripedium
in
this
Eastern
region,
varying
in
shape
and
in
color--shades
of
white,
yellow,
crimson,
and
pink.
The
mechanism
of
their
cross-fertilization
is
the
same
in
all,
with
only
slight
modifications.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
