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In Nalychevo Nature Park 549 species of vascular plants have been recorded, with many rare orchids (Cypripedium macranthon, Epipactis papillosa, Neottia asiatica) and forests of the rare Asian white birch Betula platyphylla.
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Considering what was meant by Lady in the names of plants, we should refrain from supposing that _Neottia spiralis_ was called the Lady-traces
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There is a third class of plants which feed, as is now generally admitted, on the products of the decay of vegetable matter, such as the bird's-nest orchis (Neottia), &c.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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I have examined Listera ovata, cordata, and Neottia nidus avis: the pollen is uniform; I suspect you must have seen some observation founded on a mistake from the penetration and hardening of sticky fluid from the rostellum, which does penetrate the pollen a little.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Remember, pollen-tubes protrude within anther in Neottia nidus-avis.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Campanula with Harebell, Neottia with Ladies'-Tresses, Uvularia with
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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