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Pholidota Imbricata
''Coelogyne imbricata'', commonly known as the common rattlesnake orchid or necklace orchid, is a plant in the orchid Family (botany), family and is a clump-forming epiphyte or lithophyte with crowded pseudobulbs. Each pseudobulb has a single pleated, leathery leaf and up to sixty white, cream-coloured or greenish, cup-shaped flowers in two ranks along a wiry flowering stem. There is a large, papery bract at the base of each flower. This species is native to areas from Tropics, tropical and Subtropics, subtropical Asia to the southwest Pacific Ocean, Pacific. Description ''Coelogyne imbricata'' is an epiphytic or lithophytic, clump forming Herbaceous plant, herb with crowded pseudobulbs long and wide. Each pseudobulb has a single pleated, leathery, dark green, oblong to lance-shaped leaf long and wide on a stalk about long. Between twenty and sixty cup-shaped, white, cream-coloured or greenish Resupination, resupinate flowers long and wide are arranged in two rows along a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hook
A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material, typically metal, that contains a portion that is curved or indented, such that it can be used to grab onto, connect, or otherwise attach itself onto another object. In a number of uses, one end of the hook is pointed, so that this end can pierce another material, which is then held by the curved or indented portion. Some kinds of hooks, particularly fish hooks, also have a barb, a backwards-pointed projection near the pointed end of the hook to ensure that once the hook is embedded in its target, it can not easily be removed. Variations * Bagging hook, a large sickle or reaping hook used for harvesting grain * Bondage hook, used in sexual bondage play * Cabin hook, a hooked bar that engages into an eye screw, used on doors * Cap hook, hat ornament of the 15th and 16th centuries * Cargo hook (helicopter), different types of hook systems for helicopters * Crochet hook, used for crocheting thread or yarn * Drapery hook, for ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
