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8 unusual facts about orchidaceae


Annandale Way

Although the flower on this plant is very pleasant to look at with its orchid-like appearance it is clearly intent on colonising the river bank.

Brixton Street Wetlands

Four of the species are classified as Declared Rare Flora, including the Purdie's donkey orchid (Diuris Purdiei).

Cadbury Camp

Cattle are also being used to manage the scrub and encourage the growth of flowers such as orchids.

Calaway H. Dodson

In 1965 he presented a study of the pollinating agents of orchids and the importance that they have on the evolutionary development of the family Orchidaceae.

Gastrodia elata

Gastrodia elata is a saprophytic perennial herb of the Orchidaceae family.

Rotes Luch

Important orchid sites are reported on dry grassland, and marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) on wetland.

Tai Mo Shan

A few types of wild Orchids also grow in the streams of Tai Mo Shan including the Chinese Pholidota Orchid, Hong Kong's most common orchid, and the Bamboo Orchid, so called because of a distinct stem that looks like bamboo, which also grows in the streams of Tai Mo Shan.

Zeuxine exilis

Zeuxine exilis, commonly known as Ridley’s Ground Orchid or Ridley’s Jewel Orchid, is a terrestrial orchid belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae.


Anacamptis pyramidalis

The pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Genus Anacamptis of the family Orchidaceae.

Cerastis rubricosa

The larvae feed on the leaves of various plants, including Luzula, Gymnadenia conopsea, Lotus corniculatus, Veronica chamaedrys, Rhinenthus alectorolophus and Orchidaceae species.

Clitopilus byssisedoides

Clitopilus byssisedoides was found growing on decayed wood in pot with Phalaenopsis (Orchidaceae) in a tropical hothouse in the Jena Botanical Garden.

Epidendrum dendrobii

Epidendrum dendrobii is a terrestrial species of reed-stemmed Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae which grows on steep slopes in tropical montane cloud forests of Cochabamba, Bolivia and Venezuela at altitudes near 2.6 km.

Estigmene acrea

The moth does not seem to be affected by any type of pyrrolizidine alkaloid present in many plant families, including the borage, legume, dogbane, and orchid families, and the tribes Senecioneae and Eupatorieae of the aster family.

Federal Horticultural Show 2011

In this field, there was a forest of orchids, abandoned vineyards, an arid biotope, old orchards and gardens, rare species of bats and habitats for endangered species at the edges of the slope.

Manusela National Park

Among the plants that grow in this park are Avicennia, Dryobalanops and Pandanus species, Alstonia scholaris, Terminalia catappa, Shorea selanica, Octomeles sumatrana, Bruguiera sexangula, Melaleuca leucadendra, Pometia pinnata, Rhizophora acuminata and various species of orchid.

Mesoptera

A name created in 1833 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque for an Orchidaceae genus, a rejected name now considered synonymous with Liparis

North American Native Plant Society

It is a woodcut portraying three native plants representing three transcontinental, native families, viz: Araceae, Orchidaceae, Iridaceae.The examples shown are an arum, a cypripedium and a blue-eyed grass.

Orto Botanico dell'Università di Camerino

The garden also contains two greenhouses with tropical and subtropical species, with many succulents and epiphytes including Begonia, Orchidaceae, and Tillandsia, as well as Cinnamomum camphora, Kalanchoe beharensis, Nepenthes mirabilis, Piper nigrum, Stanhopea tigrina, etc.

Restrepia chocoensis

Restrepia chocoensis is a species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), named for the Department of Chocó, Colombia, where it was discovered.

Serres de l'Université de Bourgogne

They preserve various threatened plants of Bourgogne, and also contain a range of tropical and sub-tropical genera such as Psilotum and Lycopodium, tropical aquatics such as Eichhornia and Salvinia, carnivorous plants including Sarracenia and Darlingtonia, and epiphytes including Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae.


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