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Bulbophyllum is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus.
Bulbophyllum medusae, commonly known as the Medusa orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchid with a creeping rhizome and a single leaf about 100 mm (3.9 in) long emerging from the top of each pseudobulb. The flowers are creamy yellow and arranged in clusters of about fifteen arranged in a circle at the tip of the flowering stem.
Orchid taxonomy is still being revised and each year about another 150 new species are being discovered. The list of genera alone currently stands just short of 1000 entries. From a cladistic point of view, the orchid family is considered to be monophyletic , i.e. the group incorporates all the taxa derived from an ancestral group.
The orchid family (Orchidaceae) is subdivided into five subfamilies, and then into tribes and subtribes. Groups of closely related genera are sometimes referred to informally as alliances . An alliance is a group of taxa, at any taxonomic rank , but usually at the rank of genus or species, that are thought to be closely related.
Epidendroideae is a subfamily of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Epidendroideae is larger than all the other orchid subfamilies together, comprising more than 15,000 species in 576 genera. Most epidendroid orchids are tropical epiphytes, typically with pseudobulbs.
Learn about 10 orchid flower colors, including blue, red, brown, and black, ... these seven produce naturally colorful orchid flowers. Phalaenopsis: Also called moth orchids, ...
Circumscissile – a type of fruit that dehisces, where the top of the fruit falls away like a lid or covering. Dehiscent – a fruit that opens and releases its contents, normally in a regular and distinctive fashion. Endocarp – includes the wall of the seed chamber, the inner part of the pericarp. Pyrena – the hardened endocarp of a drupe.
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