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"Habenaria" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... some plants of purple kale which flowered in a cottager's garden at the distance of half a mile; no other plant of this variety growing any nearer. (10/13. Mr. W.C. Marshall caught no less than seven specimens of a moth (Cucullia umbratica) with the pollinia of the butterfly-orchis (Habenaria chlorantha) sticking to their eyes, and, therefore, in the proper position for fertilising the flowers of this species, on an island in Derwentwater, at the distance of half a mile from any place ...
— The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin |
Words linked to "Habenaria" : Orchidaceae, monocot genus, fringed orchid, rein orchis, fringed orchis, rein orchid, Habenaria elegans, Habenaria bifolia, frog orchid, orchid family, Habenaria dilatata, liliopsid genus, family Orchidaceae |
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