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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.
Green orchid bees are varying shades of glossy metallic green and can grow to a length of about 1.3 cm (0.5 in). The membranous wings are dark-coloured and translucent and the female has pollen baskets on her hind legs. The male has an enlarged joint on his hind leg where there is a pit for storing substances he gathers from plants.
Euglossa is a genus of orchid bees ().Like all their close relatives, they are native to the Neotropics; an introduced population exists in Florida.They are typically bright metallic blue, green, coppery, or golden.
Olof Swartz recognized 25 genera in 1800. [5] Louis Claude Richard provided us in 1817 with the descriptive terminology of the orchids. [6] (See External links below). The next step was taken in 1830-1840 by John Lindley, who recognized four subfamilies. [7] He is generally recognized as the father of orchid taxonomy.
Oeceoclades, collectively known as the monk orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is related to Eulophia and like that genus is mostly terrestrial in habit. A few species extend into very arid environments, unusual for an orchid.
Illustration of Platanthera clavellata (left, numbered 4/5/6) and Platanthera nivea (right) Platanthera clavellata plants are 4-16" tall. It is one of the smallest species out of the 32 species of Platanthera common in North America. [2] The stem has several leaves attached of which all but the bottom-most one are greatly reduced in size.
The Orchidoideae, or the orchidoid orchids, are a subfamily of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) that contains around 3630 species. [1] Species typically have a single ( monandrous ), fertile anther which is erect and basitonic .
Odontoglossum, first named in 1816 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, is a formerly accepted genus of orchids that is now regarded as a synonym of Oncidium. [1] Several hundred species have previously been placed in Odontoglossum. [2]