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Platanthera purpurascens, the purple petal bog orchid, is a terrestrial orchid of North America. [1] Description ... occurring in Arizona, California, Colorado, New ...
Bauhinia purpurea is a small to medium-size deciduous tree growing to 5.2 metres (17 ft) tall. The leaves are alternate, 10–20 centimetres (4–8 in) long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are conspicuous, pink, and fragrant, with five petals.
Spathoglottis paulinae, commonly known as the small purple orchid, [2] is a plant in the orchid family and is native to New Guinea and Tropical North Queensland. It is an evergreen terrestrial orchid with crowded pseudobulbs , between four and seven large, pleated leaves and up to thirty mauve to purple flowers.
The sepals and upper petals are violaceous or purple (hence the Latin name purpurea of the species). The flower's labellum is pale pink or white, with a center spotted by clusters of violaceous or purple hairs. It is divided into three lobes; the outer two are small and narrow, and the inner is large, rounded, and heart-shaped.
Orchid tree is a common name for several tree species, including: In the genus Bauhinia: Bauhinia blakeana; Bauhinia forficata; Bauhinia monandra; Bauhinia purpurea;
Spathoglottis, commonly known as purple orchids [2] or 苞舌兰属 (bao she lan shu) [3] is a genus of about fifty species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen terrestrial herbs with crowded pseudobulbs , a small number of leaves and medium-sized resupinate flowers on an upright flowering stem.
Bauhinia trees typically reach a height of 6–12 m and their branches spread 3–6 m outwards. The lobed leaves usually are 10–15 cm across. The five-petaled flowers are 7.5–12.5 cm diameter, generally in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, or yellow, and are often fragrant.
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.