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Pseudovanilla
''Pseudovanilla'', commonly known as giant climbing orchids, is a genus of eight climbing orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have tall climbing stems with clinging roots, leaf-like bracts and branching flowering stems with colourful, spreading sepals and petals. Species in the genus are native to Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Solomons, Micronesia and Fiji.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 319. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. List of species The following is a list of species of ''Pseudovanilla'' recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at November 2020: * '' Pseudovanilla affinis'' ( J.J.Sm.) Garay (1986) - Java * '' Pseudovanilla anomala'' (Ames & L.O.Williams) Garay (1986) - Fiji * '' Pseudovanilla foliata'' (F.Muell.) Garay (1986) - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea * '' Pseudovanilla gracilis'' ( Schltr.) Garay (1986) - New Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudovanilla Foliata
''Pseudovanilla foliata'', commonly known as the great climbing orchid, is a plant in the Orchidaceae, orchid family native to Queensland, New South Wales, and New Guinea. It is a terrestrial orchid with a vine, vining vegetative habit, climbing by means of root#Specialized, adventitious roots produced at nodes. Its leaves are reduced, and the species is considered to be at least partially mycoheterotrophic. Description ''Pseudovanilla foliata'' is a terrestrial, perennial plant, perennial, entirely wikt:glabrous, glabrous vine. Its yellow-green stem may be up to in diameter and in length; it is wikt:flexuose, flexuose and terete. Adventitious Root, Adventitious roots (roots that arise from the stem), which are thinly elongated and flexuose, extend from the nodes and are always accompanied by an opposite bract, a useful distinguishing feature. The leaves, sparsely interspersed between nodes, are elliptical, Glossary of leaf morphology#Leaf and leaflet shapes, acute or subacute a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |