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Prosthechea cochleata is the national flower of Belize, where it is known as the black orchid. [51] 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'.
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]
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.
Orchids by country — Orchidaceae genera and species by native origin/location. Subcategories This category has the following 63 subcategories, out of 63 total.
Phalaenopsis orchid. Orchidales is an order of flowering plants. In taxonomical systems, this is a relatively recent name as early systems used descriptive botanical names for the order containing the orchids. [1] The Bentham & Hooker and the Engler systems had the orchids in order Microspermae while the Wettstein system treats them as order ...
The country represents the center of Phalaenopsis orchids with about twenty two species [5] and several natural hybrids, more than any other country in the world. [6] Some of the species endemic to the Philippines such as P. stuartiana , P. sanderiana and P. schilleriana , have had the greatest influence on hybridizing than any other ...
Vanilla, the vanilla orchids, forms a flowering plant genus of about 110 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This evergreen genus occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions, from tropical America to tropical Asia, New Guinea and West Africa. [1] Five species are known from the contiguous United States, all limited to southern ...
Orchids are members of the plant family Orchidaceae. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
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