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A new high-end dining option has landed in Antioch. The Orchid Bistro and Craft Bar at 787 Bell Road opened this month serving a mix of American fare including some seafood, pasta, burgers and ...
The orchid is highly sought after, with prices reaching as high as US$5000 for a single plant. [2] Furthermore, continued exploitation for horticulture , as well as other disturbances such as mining activities, logging , and habitat destruction (by fire in one specific case), have also been to blame for the significant decrease in Paphiopedilum ...
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according to The Families of Flowering Plants - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz.This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the Orchid Research Newsletter which is published twice a year by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Orchidelirium, also called orchidomania or orchid fever, is the name given to the Victorian era's flower madness for collecting and discovering orchids. Wealthy orchid fanatics of the 19th century sent explorers and collectors to almost every part of the world in search of new varieties and species of orchids.
Dactylorhiza hatagirea is a species of orchid generally found growing in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to SE Tibet, at altitudes of 2,800–4,000 metres (9,200–13,100 ft). It is locally called 'salam panja' or 'hatta haddi'.
The taxonomy of the Orchidaceae (orchid family) has evolved slowly during the last 250 years, starting with Carl Linnaeus who in 1753 recognized eight genera. [2] De Jussieu recognized the Orchidaceae as a separate family in his Genera Plantarum in 1789. [ 3 ]
Vanilla, the vanilla orchids, forms a flowering plant genus of about 110 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This evergreen genus occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions, from tropical America to tropical Asia, New Guinea and West Africa. [1] Five species are known from the contiguous United States, all limited to southern ...
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