Orchids are a diverse group of flowering plants on the planet. They can be found from peat swamp areas dry to sweet, from sea level to 14,000 feet in the mountains, and everywhere in between.
The body of information orchid growing every year. New species are discovered, created new hybrids, and knowledge of existing facilities will be extended as well.
The family has Orcidaceae 25,000 species and the number of hybrids is many times the numberThe orchids are terrestrial (growing plants in soil) or epiphytes (plants that grow on rocks or trees in the ground). Most flower species that many people associate the word "Orchid" are epiphytes. Among the epiphytic orchids, most of them are tropical or subtropical environments.
With so many different species, there should not be surprised that it was out, some very unusual orchids. The smallest orchid in the world is one of PlatysteleGender. It has flowers that only two millimeters in diameter! It 'was only recently discovered in Ecuador in 2009. The world's largest orchid is the spiritual, which can grow to heights of over 3 meters and weighing over 900 kilograms.
The Australia is home to an orchid (Rhizanthella), which grows and produces flowers completely underground. He never sees the light of day throughout the life cycle.
An orchid that everyone knows, but probablynever thought that such a vanilla orchid. It is an orchid, climbing grows in the tropics with 65 species, but few of them for their departure.
The orchid is, of course, famous for its flowers, and is the single structure, the flower essential characteristic that a plant is an orchid. All orchid flowers, one petal is larger than the others. This modified petal called labellum or lip, and makes the lip, aHow an orchid flower.
orchid flowers are available in almost every conceivable size, shape and color. Some plants grow a single flower, spray others have long (peduncle) that a series of small flowers on them. The most common colors are yellow, as a rule, white, purple and pink shades, but red, blue, green and orchid flowers are not there. You can determine, spots, stripes, or a combination. And long whiskers, round and compact too ... There are no limits to the variation ofOrchid flowers.
As a species growing in nature, are hybrids and more are in laboratories of botany has been created, the diversity of orchids, and further grow our fascination.
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