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2. Waling-waling - Wikipedia

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   Vanda sanderiana is a species of orchid. It is commonly called Waling-waling[2] in the Philippines and is also called Sander's Vanda, [3] after Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, a noted orchidologist. The orchid is considered to be the "Queen of Philippine flowers" and is worshiped as a diwata by the indigenous Bagobo people.

3. Orchid - Wikipedia

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   A Phalaenopsis flower. Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident derived characteristics or synapomorphies.Among these are: bilateral symmetry of the flower (zygomorphism), many resupinate flowers, a nearly always highly modified petal (labellum), fused stamens and carpels, and extremely small seeds.

4. Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier - Wikipedia

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   The skirt featured interwoven tucking bands and tiny wax flowers. [6] Jacqueline Bouvier's lace veil had belonged to her grandmother; a lace-and-orange-blossom tiara tied the veil to her hair. Her bridal bouquet was made of white and pink gardenias and orchids. She wore little jewelry with the dress, but what she did wear had personal significance.

5. Phalaenopsis amabilis - Wikipedia

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   The flowers are arranged on a stiff, arching flowering stem 300–750 millimetres (12–30 in) long emerging from a leaf base, with a few branches near the tip. Each branch of the flowering stem bears between two and ten white, long-lasting flowers on a stalk (including the ovary ) 20–35 millimetres (0.79–1.4 in) long.

6. Pollination of orchids - Wikipedia

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   Pollination mechanisms are the fruit of such co-evolution. In general, such mechanisms are beneficial to both parties: the pollinating agent obtains nectar from the orchids' flower and the orchids in turn benefit from the transfer of pollen from one flower to another. However, in many cases the attraction of pollinators to orchids is due to ...

7. Spiranthes spiralis - Wikipedia

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   Spiranthes spiralis. (L.) Chevall. Spiranthes spiralis, commonly known as autumn lady's-tresses, [1] is an orchid that grows in Europe and adjacent North Africa and Asia. It is a small grey-green plant. It forms a rosette of four to five pointed, sessile, ovate leaves about 3 cm (1.2 in) in length.