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Thelymitra variegata, commonly called the Queen of Sheba, [2] is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.It has a single erect, spiral, dark green leaf with a purplish base and up to five glossy, variegated reddish, purplish or violet flowers with darker spots and blotches and yellowish margins.
Thelymitra pulcherrima is a tuberous, perennial herb with an erect, dark green leaf which is egg-shaped near its purplish base, then suddenly narrows to a linear spiral leaf 40–70 mm (2–3 in) long and 5–12 mm (0.2–0.5 in) wide. Up to seven glossy, variegated flowers 25–35 mm (0.98–1.4 in) wide are borne on a flowering stem 150–350 ...
The AOS is the parent organization for local orchid societies in North and South America. [2] It is affiliated with 600 orchid societies worldwide. [7] A local commercial orchid grower, Robert Fuchs, said, "The American Orchid Society has the best orchid library in the Americas and orchid art work that is phenomenal."
Caladenia concolor was first formally described in 1928 by Robert D. FitzGerald from a specimen collected "from the granite hills near Albury". The description was published in Fitzgerald's book Australian Orchids [1] [8] and the specific epithet (concolor) is a Latin word meaning "uniformly coloured". [9]
Orchid seeds are very small (0.35mm to 1.50mm long), spindle-shaped, and have an opening at the pointed end. [5] Each seed has an embryo that is undifferentiated and lacks root and shoot meristems. [3] An orchid seed does not have enough nutritional support to grow on its own, and lacks endosperm. [2]
Dendrobium bigibbum, commonly known as the Cooktown orchid or mauve butterfly orchid, [3] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs , each with between three and five green or purplish leaves and arching flowering stems with up to twenty, usually lilac-purple flowers.
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