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Coilostylis Vivipara
''Coilostylis'' is a genus of orchids. It was split off from the "supergenus" '' Epidendrum'' in 2004 although the Kew currently does not recognize this genus. This genus features pseudobulbs, large bracts around the flowers, and flowers that are typically resupinate, with the trilobate lip adnate to the column and having a long thin midlobe. It is not unusual for this genus to produce keikes. Species * '' C. ciliare'', recognized by Kew as ''E. ciliare'', is the type species of ''Coilostylis'' Image:Epidendrum_ciliare1.jpg, ''C. ciliare'', complete plant mounted on tree fern Image:Epidendrum_ciliare0.jpg, ''C. ciliare'', flowers Image:Epidendrum ciliare - 2.jpg , ''C. ciliare''flowerFrench Guiana * '' C. claviata'' is native to Costa Rica. In the opinion of Kew, the name of this taxon is ''E. purpurascens'' Image:Epidendrum_purpurascens_-_1.jpg, ''C. claviata'' plant from Suriname, as ''E. purpurascens'' Image:Epidendrum_purpur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantae
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyte, Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyte, Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and Fern ally, their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resupination
Resupination is derived from the Latin word ''resupinus'', meaning "bent back with the face upward" or "on the back". "Resupination" is the noun form of the adjective "resupine" which means "being upside-down, supine or facing upward". The word "resupinate" is generally only used in a botanical context – in everyday language, "supine" has a similar meaning. In botany, resupination refers to the "twisting" of flowers or leaves through about 180° as they open. Resupinate leaves have the petiole or "stalk" twisted - resupinate flowers twist as they open. Botanical examples Alstroemeriaceae Plants in the genus ''Alstroemeria'' have more or less resupinate leaves. Orchidaceae The flower of a typical plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae has three sepals and three petals. One petal, called the labellum, "lip" or "tongue", is typically quite different from the other two. It usually functions to attract an insect pollinator. As an orchid flower bud develops, the attachment o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden. Although he had great horticultural knowledge, the undertaking was not profitable and George lived in a state of indebtedness. As a boy he would assist in the garden and also collected wild flowers he found growing in the Norfolk countryside. Lindley was educated at Norwich School. He would have liked to go to university or to buy a commission in the army but the family could not afford either. He became Belgian agent for a London seed merchant in 1815. At this time Lindley became acquainted with the botanist William Jackson Hooker who allowed him to use his botanical library and who introduced him to Sir Joseph Banks who offered him employment as an assistant in his herba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epidendrum Nocturnum
''Epidendrum nocturnum'' (the "nocturnal epidendrum") is the type species of the genus ''Epidendrum'' of the Orchidaceae (Orchid family). The species occurs in Florida, Bahamas, West Indies, Belize, Central America to northern Brazil and the Guyanas. ''Epidendrum nocturnum'' is common in South Florida. It is usually autogamous (flowers self-pollinate) and sometimes cleistogamous (flowers self-pollinate before they open). The haploid chromosome number of ''E. nocturnum'' has been determined as ''n'' = 20. The diploid chromosome number has been determined both as 2''n'' = 40 and as 2''n'' = 80. In 1984, the variety ''E. nocturnum'' var. ''guadeloupense'' was determined to have a diploid chromosome number of 2''n'' = 42—48. On November 7, 2010, Kew did not recognize the existence of this variety in its World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (usually abbreviated to WCSP) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epidendrum Falcatum
''Coilostylis falcata'', formerly ''Epidendrum falcatum'', is an orchid in the genus ''Coilostylis'', a genus recently resurrected and split from ''Epidendrum''. This lithophytic wildflower is native in the western cordillera of Mexico. growing on rocks and cliff faces. This brittle plant propagates itself through fallen pseudobulbs. The thick, lanceolate leaves are long and unusually pendent, growing up to 30 cm from a reduced pseudobulb The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic and ... The large, snow-white flowers grow from a shorter flower spike in overhanging tufts of no more than three flowers. These flowers are fragrant at night. They bloom in late spring. Synonyms * ''Epidendrum parkinsonianum'' var. ''falcatum'' (Lindl.) Ames & C.Schweinf, 1935 . * ''Epidendrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epidendrum Purpurascens
''Epidendrum purpurascens'' ( syn. ''Coilostylis clavata'') is a species of orchid in the genus ''Epidendrum ''Epidendrum'' , abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek ''επί, epi'' and ''δένδρο ...''. References purpurascens {{Laeliinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epidendrum Ciliare
''Epidendrum ciliare'', synonyms including ''Coilostylis ciliaris'' is a species of orchid. It is known as the fringed star orchid. It has a wide distribution from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to northern and western South America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. It was transferred from ''Epidendrum'' to ''Coilostylis'' by Withner and Harding in 2004, but this is not accepted by Plants of the World Online. The diploid chromosome number of ''E. ciliare'' has been determined from several individuals as 2''n'' = 40, 80, and 160, the haploid chromosome number as ''n'' = 20. The moth '' Pseudosphinx tetrio'' has been observed as a pollinator in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ....Ackerman, J. D. a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiki
In horticulture, a keiki ( ) is a plant produced asexually by an orchid plant, especially ''Dendrobium'', ''Epidendrum'' (''sensu lato''), and ''Phalaenopsis'' orchids. The baby plant is an exact clone of the mother plant, sometimes flowering while still attached to the mother. The word ''keiki'' is Hawaiian for "baby" or "child", literally "the little one". *On a ''Phalaenopsis,'' a keiki is a small plant growing from one node along the flower stem. Keiki growth may be induced by prolonged exposure to high temperatures during the final phase of spike growth. *On a ''Dendrobium,'' the keiki is typically found sprouting along the length of the cane or from the end of the cane. In addition to keikis which grow on flower spikes, ''Phalaenopsis'' may occasionally produce basal keikis at the base of the orchid. Removing keikis If a new plant is desired, the keiki should be left on the mother plant until it develops a healthy root system at least 3 inches long and has two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epidendrum
''Epidendrum'' , abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek ''επί, epi'' and ''δένδρον, dendron'', "upon trees") refers to its epiphytic growth habit. When Carl Linnaeus named this genus in 1763, he included in this genus all the epiphytic orchids known to him. Although few of these orchids are still included in the genus ''Epidendrum'', some species of ''Epidendrum'' are nevertheless not epiphytic. Distribution and ecology They are native to the tropics and subtropical regions of the American continents, from North Carolina to Argentina. Their habitat can be epiphytic, terrestrial (such as '' E. fulgens''), or even lithophytic (growing on bare rock, such as '' E. calanthum'' and '' E. saxatile''). Many are grown in the Andes, at altitudes between 1,000 and 3,000 m. Their habitats include humid jungles, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angiosperms
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils are in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laeliinae
Laeliinae is a Neotropical subtribe including 40 orchid genera, such as ''Brassavola'', ''Laelia'' and ''Cattleya''. The genus ''Epidendrum'' is the largest within this subtribe, containing about 1500 species. This is followed by the genus ''Encyclia'', with over 120 species. List of genera Genera and number of species: *'' Acrorchis'' Dressler, 1 *'' Adamantinia'' Van den Berg & M.W.Chase, 1 *'' Alamania'' La Llave & Lex., 1 *'' Arpophyllum'' La Llave & Lex, 5 *'' Artorima'' Dressler & G.E.Pollard, 1 *''Barkeria'' Knowles & Westc., 17 **Syn. ''Dothilophis'' Raf. *''Brassavola'' R.Br., 17 *'' Broughtonia'' R.Br., 6 **Syn. ''Cattleyopsis'' Lem., ''Laeliopsis'' Lindl. *''Cattleya'' Lindl., 118 **Syn. ''Maelenia'' Dum., ''Sophronitis'' Lindl., ''Sophronia'' Lindl., ''Lophoglottis'' Raf., ''Hoffmannseggella'' H.G.Jones, ''Hadrolaelia'' (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, ''Dungsia'' Chiron & V.P.Castro, ''Microlaelia'' (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, ''Chironiella'' Braem, ''Brasilael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epidendreae
The tribe Epidendreae of the Orchidaceae comprises six subtribes:C. Van den Berg "Artificial key to the subtribes of Epidendreae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.''Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one)'' p. 164. Oxford University Press, 2005 * Bletiinae sensu MMIV, which contains only the genera '' Basiphyllaea'', '' Bletia'', and '' Hexalectris'' * Chysinae * Coeliinae * Laeliinae * Pleurothallidinae * Ponerinae Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including '' Dinoponera gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as the ... References * Epidendroideae tribes {{Epidendroideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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