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Cypripedium acaule is commonly referred to in English as the pink lady's slipper or moccasin flower. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The specific epithet acaule means "lacking an obvious stem", [ 12 ] a reference to its short underground stem, for which reason the plant is also known as the stemless lady's-slipper . [ 13 ]
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.
Cypripedium reginae is a large, terrestrial orchid, growing 21–100 cm (0.7–3 ft) in height with many stems from the same rootstock. [ 6][ 7] Each stem has three to five alternate, pubescent leaves. Each ovately shaped leaf grows up to 25 cm (10 in) long and 16 cm (6 in) broad. Flowering stems one to three large, white and pink flowers.
Harrap, Anne & Simon Harrap (2009) Orchids of Britain & Ireland: A Field and Site Guide, 2nd ed., A & C Black, London. ISBN 978-1-4081-0571-9. Lang, David (1980) Orchids of Britain: a field guide. Oxford University Press ISBN 0192176927; Pierre Delforge, 2006 Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Portland, Or.
The flower mantises include the orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus, which mimics a rainforest orchid of southeast Asia to lure its prey, pollinator insects. [1]Flower mantises are praying mantises that use a special form of camouflage referred to as aggressive mimicry, which they not only use to attract prey, but avoid predators as well.
Phalaenopsis ( / ˌfælɪˈnɒpsɪs / ), also known as moth orchids, [ 2] is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end.
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It is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb with long, thick roots, between two and eight thick, fleshy leaves with their bases hiding the stem and nearly flat, white, long-lasting flowers on a branching flowering stem with up to ten flowers on each branch. Phalaenopsis amabilis is native to Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. [3]