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Chiloschista phyllorhiza, commonly known as the white starfish orchid, [2] is a species of leafless epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms small clumps with many radiating, flattened green roots. A large number of short-lived, crystalline white, star-shaped flowers with a yellow labellum are arranged along thin, arching flowering stems.
Learn about 10 orchid flower colors, including blue, red, brown, and black, the types of orchids that produce them, and what they mean.
Rhynchostylis retusa (also called foxtail orchid) is an orchid, belonging to the Vanda alliance. The inflorescence is a pendant raceme, consisting of more than 100 pink-spotted white flowers. The plant has a short, stout, creeping stem carrying up to 12, curved, fleshy, deeply channeled, keeled, retuse apically leaves and blooms on an axillary ...
Secret symbol of the followers of Oscar Wilde, love between two men white: Sweet and lovely, innocence, pure love, faithfulness [4] pink: A woman's love, [6] a mother's love; I'll never forget you [4] yellow: Rejection, disdain, disappointment; [5] [4] pride and beauty [8] purple: Capriciousness, whimsical, changeable, unreliability [4] mauve ...
It is dedicated to the collection, cultivation, preservation and display of a wide range of 500 varieties of orchids found in Manipur. [1] It houses some of the rarest orchids in the world. [1] The peak blooming season of the orchid flowers is from April to July. [2] [3] The finest visiting season is March to April. [4]
It is commonly known as the white egret flower, fringed orchid or sagisō (鷺草). Pecteilis radiata grows with small tubers, from which grasslike leaves emerge. Flower spikes, which can be up to 50 cm tall, produce 2-3 white flowers that bloom in late summer. [ 2 ]
The flowers are fragrant, 8 to 12 centimetres (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 to 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, with five white petals, ten yellow-tipped stamens and a green stigma. The fruit is a pod 7.5 to 15 centimetres (3 to 6 in) long and 1.5 to 1.8 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 ⁄ 4 in) broad.
The new plant then repeats this cycle. Its inflorescence is erect, with blooms forming along the length of the flowering stem. It has strap-shaped, persistent leaves and blooms mostly in winter and spring, producing short, 2 to 4-flowered racemes. The flowers are fragrant, waxy, and highly variable in color, ranging from white to pink and purple.