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There are at least 200 species of orchids (such as the genera Epidendrum and Maxilaria).
Peruvian Yungas 2008
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Sternbergianum_, &c. As an accidental occurrence, a similar thing has been noticed in _Lychnis coronaria_, _Phaius grandifolius_, _Oncidium cebolleta_, _Epidendrum elongatum_, [113] &c. &c.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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_Epidendrum_ constitute the substance called vanilla, which is used in confectionery for giving a delicious perfume to chocolate, liqueurs,
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Epidendrum vanilla attain the length of eleven or twelve inches.
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In Epidendrum he observed a viscid matter extending from the stigmatic chamber to the anther: pollen-tubes had protruded from the anther not only where it was in contact with the viscid matter, but also from the central part, and these spread "over the anterior surface of the rostellum downward into the stigma."
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Cruger, Dr., on cleistogamic fertilisation of Epidendrum.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Cruger's case here referred to is doubtless the cleistogamic fertilisation of Epidendrum, etc.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Pfitzer (in the "Pflanzenfamilien") places Epidendrum in the Laeliinae-Cattleyeae,
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Turiamo, where the fruits of the Epidendrum vanilla attain the length of eleven or twelve inches.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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In its fructification, the Epidendrum obviously agrees with the Orchis tribe, but differs essentially in the oeconomy of its roots; in the
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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