294 illustrations of flowers and shrubs including: narcissus, nelumbo, nettle, nightshade, oleander, olive, opium, orchid, orpine, oxalis, and oxeye
"2. Cycnoches ventricosum; 4 and 5. C. Egertonianum (Swan Orchid); the others intermediate forms." -Lindley,…
Of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), the yellow fringed orchis or Habenaria ciliaris.
Of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), yellow lady's slipper or Cypripedium parviflorum.
A class of herbaceous plants or shrubs, including about 2,000 species, and generally distributed throughout…
One of the partial pollinia, torn up at top to show the grains (which are each composed of four).
This is an illustration of oneidium papilio and comparettia rosea, two epiphytes of the Orchis family.…
Orchis purpurea flowers are green, purple, and spotted. The spikes are usually large and many flowered.
Pollinium of an Orchis (Habenaria), with its stalks attached to a sticky gland.
Pictured is a flowering branch and detached flower head of oreopanax andreanum. The flowers are globe…
Pictured is a tip of a flowering branch and the leaf of oreopanax epremesnilianum. There are seven to…
The flowers of oreopanax peltatum are greenish white. The leaves are long stalked and five to seven…
Fern belonging to the Blechnaceae family, native to warm subtropics in the Northern Hemisphere.
The common name of ornithogalum is Star of Bethlehem. The nutans variety has flowers that are white…
Star of Bethlehem is the common name of ornithogalum. The pyramidale variety has pure white flowers…
Star of Bethlehem is the common name of ornithogalum. The thyrsoides variety has yellow flowers that…
The common name of ornithogalum umbellatum is Star of Bethlehem. The flowers are satiny white on the…
Plants smaller; not wite-powdery above; leaves shed water easily; flowers along fleshy spike enclosed…
Of the orpine family (Crassulaceae), the live-forever or garden orpine (Sedum purpureum).
A shows the nucellus alone. B shows the inner coat. C hows both coats growing to cover nucellus.
Osmanthus fragrans flowers are yellowish or almost white. The flowers bloom June to August. Pictured…
Fruit (cremocarp) of Osmorrhiza; the two akene-like ripe carpals separating at maturity from a slender…
Spores borne on terminal modified leaves; divisions of the leaf larger, more than 2 cm long.
Oswego tea, bee balm, and fragrant balm are the common names of monarda didyma. The stems are angled.…
Oswego Tea is the common name of monarda didyma. The flowers are bright scarlet and blue July to September.…
Osyris alba flowers are white and bloom in July. The fruit is red and pea sized. The leaves alternate…
The common name of othonna is ragwort. The crassifolia variety has few flower heads that grow on the…
Othonnopsis cheirifolia flowers are rich yellow and are about one and a half inches across. The leaves…
Ourisia coccinea flowers are scarlet with cream colored anthers. The flowers are one and a half inches…
Illustrated are transverse sections of ovaries of (a) synocarpous and (b) apocarpous.
A section of an ovule. An ovule is a structure found in seed plants that develops into a seed after…
Oxalis is the largest genus in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. Of the approximately 900 known species…
Oxalis bowiei flowers are rose red and yellowish at the base inside. The flowers are large and bloom…
Oxalis corniculata flowers are yellow and bloom spring to autumn. Pictured are the habit, detached bud,…
Oxalis crenata flowers are yellow striped with purple. The flowers bloom in September. The stem is erect…
"Development of an oxalis leaf. A, full-grown leaf; B, rudimentary leaf, the leaflets not yet evident;…
Oxalis tetraphylla flowers are lurid red or purplish violet. The flowers are large and bloom in June.