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Orchid Appearances
The appearance of the orchid is perhaps the most varied in the flower world. Along with varied appearances of colour and shape, they also have bizarre pollination systems, habitats and growth systems. Orchids are perhaps the most evolutionary advanced and diverse flowers we will ever come across.
Ernst Haeckel Plate
Ernst Haeckel’s 74th plate from his 1904 Kunstformen der Natur illustrates some of that wide variety of orchid appearances. |
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1. Odontoglossum vaevium
2. Oncidium kramerianum
3. Odontoglossum ramosissimum
4. Odontoglossum schroederianum
5. Cattleya ballantiniana
6. Cattleya mendellii
7. Phragmipedium spec. (as
Cypripedium lemoinieri)
8. Cattleya rochellensis
9. Paphiopedilum Leeanum
10. Odontoglossum wattianum
11. Cattleya labiata
12. Epidendrum atropurpureum
13. Paphiopedilum argus
14. Paphinia rugosa
15. Zygopetalum xanthinum
16. Oncidium laxense |
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