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Orchid taxonomy is still being revised and each year about another 150 new species are being discovered. The list of genera alone currently stands just short of 1000 entries. From a cladistic point of view, the orchid family is considered to be monophyletic, i.e. the group incorporates all the taxa derived from an ancestral group.
About 1,800 species in 100 to 130 genera. Species are either terrestrial or epiphytic, and range throughout global tropical regions. All species have, as a unique feature, a sympodial growth habit and two pollinia. Subtribe Acriopsidinae: less than 50 species. Genus: Acriopsis
Some orchids, such as Dendrophylax lindenii (ghost orchid), Aphyllorchis and Taeniophyllum depend on their green roots for photosynthesis and lack normally developed leaves, as do all of the heterotrophic species. Orchids of the genus Corallorhiza (coralroot orchids) lack leaves altogether and instead have symbiotic or parasitic associations ...
Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822, is a large orchid genus that contains over 2000 epiphytic species from the orchid family Orchidaceae. The following is a list of Bulbophyllum species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at January 2019: [1]
Phalaenopsis (/ ˌ f æ l ɪ ˈ n ɒ p s ɪ s /), also known as moth orchids, [2] is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae.Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end.
The subfamily Orchidoideae and the previously recognized subfamily Spiranthoideae are considered the closest allies in the natural group of the monandrous orchids because of several generally shared characters: a shared terrestrial habit; sectile (capable of being severed) or granular pollinia; erect anthers.
Bauhinia: orchid trees; Bauhinia purpurea: purple orchid tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Bauhinia variegata: pink orchid tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Bauhinia variegata var. candida: white orchid tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Caesalpinia: bird-of-paradise trees; Caesalpinia echinata
Cymbidium / s ɪ m ˈ b ɪ d i ə m /, [2] commonly known as boat orchids, is a genus of evergreen flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic, lithophytic, terrestrial or rarely leafless saprophytic herbs usually with pseudobulbs. There are usually between three and twelve leaves arranged in two ranks ...