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  2. Orchid - Wikipedia

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    Most orchid species lack endosperm in their seed and must enter symbiotic relationships with various mycorrhizal basidiomyceteous fungi that provide them the necessary nutrients to germinate, so almost all orchid species are mycoheterotrophic during germination and reliant upon fungi to complete their lifecycles. Only a handful of orchid ...

  3. Orchis - Wikipedia

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    Orchis is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), occurring mainly in Europe and Northwest Africa, and ranging as far as Tibet, Mongolia, and Xinjiang. [1] The name is from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις orchis , meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean tuberoids .

  4. Taxonomy of the Orchidaceae - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Ophrys apifera - Wikipedia

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    The name Ophrys derives from the Greek word ophrys, meaning "eyebrow." It is believed that women in ancient Rome used to darken their eyebrows with the orchid plant, thus giving it its name. [22] The Latin specific epithet apifera means "bee-bearing" or "bee-bringing" [23] and refers to the bee-shaped labellum of the orchid.

  6. Coryanthes - Wikipedia

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    The male orchid bees (not the females) are attracted to the flower by a strong scent from aromatic oils, which they store in specialized spongy pouches inside their swollen hind legs, as they appear to use the scent in their courtship dances in order to attract females. The bees, trying to get the waxy substance containing the scent, sometimes ...

  7. List of Orchidaceae genera - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Orchidales - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Orchis (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Pyramid-like orchid in Greece. Orchis (Ancient Greek: Ὄρχις, romanized: Órkhis, lit. 'testicle, orchid' [1] [2]) is often claimed to be a minor character in Greek mythology whose transformation is the origin of the orchid flower. However, Orchis's existence and myth does not seem to be attested in classical times.

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