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[3] [4] Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid [5] and golden shower orchid. A 2008 molecular phylogenetic study labeled the Oncidium alliance "grossly polyphyletic ." [ 6 ] In the same year, the American Orchid Society labeled the genus a "dumping ground". [ 7 ]
Dodson was born in Selma, California. [1] He specialized in orchidology very early in his career. Over the course of his life, he made numerous expeditions to the tropics of the Americas, covering the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, where he collected specimens and discovered new species of different genera of orchids.
The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica, from the steamy jungles of Asia to the dry deserts of ...
It reflects the considerable progress in orchid taxonomy that had been made since Dressler published his classification in 1993. In the 1990s, orchid taxonomy began to be influenced by molecular phylogenetics based on DNA sequences. The first molecular phylogenetic study to include a substantial sample of orchids was published in 1999. [12]
Prosthechea cochleata is the national flower of Belize, where it is known as the black orchid. [53] Lycaste skinneri has a white variety (alba) that is the national flower of Guatemala, commonly known as Monja Blanca (White Nun). Panama's national flower is the Holy Ghost orchid (Peristeria elata), or 'the flor del Espiritu Santo'.
The original title of the bulletin was American Orchid Society Bulletin from 1932 to 1995. [note 2] [11] Volume 1, Issue 1 of The American Orchid Society Bulletin was published in June 1932. [12] It was styled, "A magazine devoted to the popularizing of orchids and their culture". [12] The first editor was David Lumsden. [12]
Their characteristics can vary widely. They are commonly called spider orchids , flame orchids or tiger orchids . Their scientific name is derived from the Latin word maxilla , meaning jawbone , reflecting on the column and the base of the lip of some species, that may evoke a protruding jaw.