This is an illustration of oneidium papilio and comparettia rosea, two epiphytes of the Orchis family. It is ment to show the mode in which these air-plants grow.

Orchis Family

This is an illustration of oneidium papilio and comparettia rosea, two epiphytes of the Orchis family.…

Roots which never reach the ground are produced by certain plants whose seeds, lodged upon the boughs or trunks of trees, grow there and make an epiphyte, or an air-plant.

Orchid Root

Roots which never reach the ground are produced by certain plants whose seeds, lodged upon the boughs…