One of the notable points of interest in Balboa that should not be overlooked by the flower lover is the Powell Orchid Garden, which is a branch of the Missouri Botanical Garden of St. Louis. This beautiful garden is a bower of beauty, and here can be seen growing hundreds of varieties of orchids, all that are native to Panama and many other lands. Of particular interest are some of the native orchids, the Holy Ghost or Esperitu de Santo deserving special mention: the history of which is enshrined in much legendary lore dating from the arrival of the Spanish friars in the Fifteenth Century, who gave this strange flower the name "Holy Ghost" and taught the natives to regard it as sacred and symbolic of the white dove of the New Testament. The flower is of an alabaster whiteness, in shape something like a magnolia, only smaller, and in the center, in exquisite purity with lowered pinions, rests the snow-white image of a dove so perfect in detail that it is a little short of startling. So far Panama is the only place where this unusual orchid is found.
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