4510 x 5526 px | 38,2 x 46,8 cm | 15 x 18,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1885
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1885 Text LAELIA DAYEANA. This small plant — represented by Plate No. X. — received its name in compliment to Mr. John Day, whose magnificent collection of orchids is at Tottenham, England. The variety is a native of Brazil ; a new and distinct addition to the species. It blossoms in summer; is a small grower, but remains in bloom several weeks. The Laelias, which belong to the second tribe, Epidendrea, find themselves associated with many varieties, noteworthy for their fine perfume, and for this feature, also, that their sweet floral fragrance is diffused in evenings or during the night. Of such plants the poet speaks - that keep their odors to themselves all day - but when the sunlight dies away - let the delicious secret out - to every breeze that roams about. It is a curious fact in natural history, also, respecting that magnificent tree of Central and Southern Africa, the Baobab, whose trunk grows to be sixty feet in circumference, — that its very beautiful blossoms spread open their surfaces as soon as day fully dawns, and closes them again at night. Hence this vegetable wonder has been named by French Naturalists, " Beauties of the Day."
