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1.2.5 Cambodia. 1.2.6 Hong Kong. 1.2.7 India. 1.2.8 Indonesia. ... The national flower of the Seychelles is the tropicbird orchid (known locally as orkid payanke ...
A variable number of flowers is borne on the stems, usually more than 15 but less than 100. The flowers are small and yellowish-green in colour. The sepals and the two side petals form a fairly open hood, 5–6 mm (0.2 in) long; the labellum or lip (the central petal) is 7–15 mm (0.3–0.6 in) long and is divided at the end into two lobes. [3]
Both hermaphrodite and monoecious species have the potential for self-pollination leading to self-fertilization unless there is a mechanism to avoid it. 80% of all flowering plants are hermaphroditic, meaning they contain both sexes in the same flower, while 5 percent of plant species are monoecious. The remaining 15% would therefore be ...
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus, commonly known as smallflower desert-chicory, Texas false dandelion or Texas dandelion, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] It is native to the southern United States and northern Mexico. [2] It is a weedy annual found in prairies, clay soils and disturbed habitats such as fields and sidewalks ...
[2]), is a genus in the family Orchidaceae. Previously known as the "equitant oncidiums," the species were segregated from the mega-genus Oncidium by Guido Braem in 1986. Dancing-lady orchid is a common name for some species in this genus.
Acianthus, commonly known as mosquito orchids, is a genus of about twelve species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Mosquito orchids are terrestrial herbs with a single, heart-shaped, usually ground-hugging leaf and one to many small, green, pinkish or purplish flowers on a fleshy stalk.
The orchid family (Orchidaceae) is subdivided into five subfamilies, and then into tribes and subtribes. Groups of closely related genera are sometimes referred to informally as alliances . An alliance is a group of taxa, at any taxonomic rank , but usually at the rank of genus or species, that are thought to be closely related.
Anoectochilus regalis. Anoectochilus, commonly known as marbled jewel orchids [3] or filigree orchids, [4] is a genus of about fifty species in the orchid family Orchidaceae.They are terrestrial herbs with a creeping rhizome, an upright flowering stem and dark coloured leaves with contrasting veins.