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Phalaenopsis
spp., Cattleya spp., Dendrobium spp., etc. |
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Orchids |
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Orchidaceae
- The Orchidaceae are terrestrial, epiphytic, or saprophytic
herbs comprising one of the two largest families of
flowering plants with about 1,000 genera and 15-20,000
species. The leaves are alternate or seldom opposite
or whorled and have a sheathing base and an entire,
often fleshy, parallel-veined blade. The flowers are
typically zygomorphic and bisexual but sometimes are
virtually actinomorphic and rarely are unisexual.
The perianth consists of 6 tepals in two similar or
dissimilar whorls. The outer whorl of 3 distinct or
variously connate tepals is sometimes sepaloid. Two
members of the inner whorl of 3 tepals are alike and
may be quite similar to the outer tepals. The third
tepal of the inner whorl forms a labellum that typically
is highly modified in shape and or coloration. The
androecium and gynoecium are nearly always adnate
into a column or gynostegium. Orchids in subfamily
Cypripedioideae have two stamens, one on each side
of the column. Orchids in the largest subfamily Orchidoideae
have a single terminal stamen and the anthers generally
produce one or more waxy masses of pollen called pollinia.
The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil
of 3 carpels that together with the androecium comprises
the column in most species. The stigma is just proximal
to the single terminal stamen in most species. The
stigma is two- or three-lobed and the ovary is inferior
and almost always has 1 locule with very numerous,
up to several million, very tiny parietal ovules.
The fruit is mostly capsular.
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& E Hill Plants Nursery
Ace Plant
Nursery
Allied Growers, Inc.
A.K.Nursery,
Inc.
Brothers
Orchids
CMC Nursery
Crooker's Plant Master
Jessamine Foliage Farm
Korus Orchid
Corp.
Nam's Nursery,
Inc.
P & M Creations
Park's Orchids
Plowboys Horticulture
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