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There are about 141 genera of orchids representing about 1,100 orchid species, 900 of which are described as endemic to the Philippines. Many of them have showy, brightly colored and attractive flowers.
Orchidelirium, also called orchidomania or orchid fever, is the name given to the Victorian era's flower madness for collecting and discovering orchids. Wealthy orchid fanatics of the 19th century sent explorers and collectors to almost every part of the world in search of new varieties and species of orchids.
There are over 137 genera and about 998 species of orchids so far recorded in the Philippines as of 2007. [5] The broad lowland and hill rain forests of the Philippines, which are mostly gone today, [6] were dominated by at least 45 species of dipterocarps. These massive trees were abundant to up to 1,000 meters above sea level.
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.
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This is a list of the 907 species of butterflies of the Philippines. The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism . The archipelago includes over 7000 islands (allowing intense allopatric speciation ), a total land area of 300,780 km 2 and diverse ecoregions . 352 butterfly species are endemic ...
Gin (/ dʒ ɪ n /) is a distilled alcoholic drink flavoured with juniper berries and other botanical ingredients. [1] [2]Gin originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists across Europe.
The oldest recovered boats in the Philippines are the 9 to 11 balangay found in Butuan variously dated between 689 CE to 988 CE, [13] [14] [15] all specimens of whom were typical lashed-lug Austronesian boats. The technique remained common in Philippine (and Southeast Asian) boats right up to the 19th century, when modern boats started to be ...