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Orchis
''Orchis'' is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), occurring mainly in Europe and Maghreb, Northwest Africa, and ranging as far as Tibet, Mongolia, and Xinjiang. The name is from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις ''orchis'', meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean Glossary of botanical terms#tuberoid, tuberoids.Alberta Native Plant Council Description These terrestrial orchids have tuber, root tubers instead of pseudobulbs. They are extremely diverse in appearance. They produce an erect Plant stem, stem. The inflorescence is a cylindrical to globular Raceme, spike, long, with yellow, red to purple flowers. They start flowering at the base, slowly progressing upwards, except for the Monkey orchid (''Orchis simia''), which flowers in reverse order. The original genus ''Orchis'' used to contain more than 1,300 names. Since it was Polyphyly, polyphyletic, it has been divided by Pridgeon et al., into several new genera (see Reference): ''Ponerorchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Deuterodelamainii
''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. The name is from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις ''orchis'', meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean tuberoids.Alberta Native Plant Council Description These terrestrial orchids have root tubers instead of pseudobulbs. They are extremely diverse in appearance. They produce an erect stem. The inflorescence is a cylindrical to globular spike, long, with yellow, red to purple flowers. They start flowering at the base, slowly progressing upwards, except for the Monkey orchid ('' Orchis simia''), which flowers in reverse order. The original genus ''Orchis'' used to contain more than 1,300 names. Since it was polyphyletic, it has been divided by Pridgeon et al., into several new genera (see Reference): '' Ponerorchis'', '' Schizodium'', '' Steveniella''. They can be found in tropical Rainforest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Militaris
''Orchis militaris'', the military orchid, is a species of orchid native to Europe. It is the type species of the genus ''Orchis''. Description This plant grows to a height of 20 to 50 cm with a robust stem with rather drawn up oblong basal leaves. The inflorescence forms a purplish dense cone consisting of from 10 to 40 flowers. In each flower the sepals and side petals are gathered together to form a pointed "helmet" (whence it gets its name), a lilac colour outside and a veined purple colour inside. The central tongue finishes in two lobes separated by a tooth. Depending on the location, it flowers from April to June. Taxonomy ''Orchis militaris'' was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. ''Orchis militaris'' Poir.. is a synonym of '' Orchis italica''. Two subspecies are recognized: *''Orchis militaris'' subsp. ''militaris'' – widespread in Eurasia, from Britain to Mongolia *''Orchis militaris'' subsp. ''stevenii'' (Rchb.f.) B.Baumann, H.Baumann, R.Lorenz & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Italica
''Orchis italica'', the naked man orchid or the Italian orchid, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean Basin. It gets its common name from the lobed lip (labellum) of each flower which resembles the general shape of a naked man. In Italy, it is believed that the consumption of the plant is conducive to virility. It prefers partial shade and low nutrient soil, and flowers in April. ''Orchis italica'' grows up to in height, with bright pink, densely clustered flowers. Distribution ''Orchis italica'' is commonly found in large clusters in the Mediterranean region. It is native to southwestern Europe (Balearic Islands, Portugal, Sardinia, and Spain), southeastern Europe (Albania, Greece, Italy, Crete, Sicily, and countries of the former Yugoslavia), western Asia (Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Turkey), and northern Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Canariensis
''Orchis canariensis'' is a species of orchid endemic to the Canary Islands. Description Previously described as a subspecies of '' Orchis patens'', it is now accepted as a separate species also supported by a molecular study that has highlighted a significant genetic difference between the two taxa. ''Orchis canriensis'' is a bulbous geophyte, which grows to basal leaves are wide, ovate, dark green and slightly shiny, and never spotted. Flower stems are green to reddish-purple. Flowers are lilac or pink, sometimes green in the central part of the sepal, with purple markings on the lower lips. Seeds are clavate with 5 to 7 cells in the longitudinal axis. Seeds showed straight to sinuous anticlinal walls and no ornamentations in the periclinal walls. Seed length is around and width . Biology ''Orchis canariensis'' associates with the mycorrhizal fungus '' Tulasnella helicospora'' The chromosome number of ''Orchis canariensis'' is 2n=84 Distribution and habitats ''Orch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Anatolica
''Orchis anatolica'' is a species of flowering plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is native to Crete, Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestine region, Syria, and Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... References External links * * anatolica Flora of Western Asia Flora of Crete Flora of Greece Plants described in 1844 Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier {{Orchidoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat (ecology), habitat on Earth except glaciers. The world's species richness, richest diversity of orchid genera and species is in the tropics. Orchidaceae is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, the other being the Asteraceae. It contains about 28,000 currently accepted species in 702 genera. The Orchidaceae family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants. The largest genera are ''Bulbophyllum'' (2,000 species), ''Epidendrum'' (1,500 species), ''Dendrobium'' (1,400 species) and ''Pleurothallis'' (1,000 species). It also includes ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'' (the genus of the Vanilla planifolia, vanilla plant), the type genus ''Orchis'', and many commonly cultivated plants s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Simia
''Orchis simia'', commonly known as the monkey orchid, is a greyish pink to reddish species of the genus ''Orchis''. It gets its common name from its lobed lip which mimics the general shape of a monkey's body. The range of the species is central and southern Europe, including southern England, the Mediterranean, Russia, Asia Minor, Caucasus, northern Iraq, Iran to Turkmenistan and northern Africa where it occurs in grassland, garrigue, scrub and open woodland, chiefly on limestone soils. It is absent from the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Sardinia. On Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ... the species can be categorized as threatened, and it became a protected species in the UK in 1975 under the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act. Gallery Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Anthropophora
''Orchis anthropophora'' (formerly ''Aceras anthropophorum''), the man orchid, is a European species of orchid whose flowers resemble a human figure. The head is formed by the petals and sepals, and the suspended torso and limbs by the lobes of the labellum. It usually grows in calcareous grassland. Description The man orchid is a herbaceous perennial, growing to a height of . A basal rosette of lanceolate leaves develops from a tuber in diameter, and between April and June a central flower spike is produced bearing up to fifty small, stemless flowers – the flowers vary from greenish, with a yellow-green labellum, to green, streaked and marked with purple. Habitat ''Orchis anthropophora'' favours moderately sunny meadows on well-drained, often calcareous soil. It is to be found around the Mediterranean area, and in central and western Europe as far north as southern England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Galilaea
''Orchis galilaea'' is a species of orchid found from southern Turkey to Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th .... This species is pollinated by the bee '' Halictus marginatus''. References * galilaea Flora of Israel Flora of Turkey Orchids of Lebanon Flora of Palestine (region) Taxa named by Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller Taxa named by Rudolf Schlechter {{Orchidoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Brancifortii
''Orchis brancifortii'' is a species of orchid endemic to Sardinia, Sicily, and southern Italy Southern Italy (, , or , ; ; ), also known as () or (; ; ; ), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern Regions of Italy, regions. The term "" today mostly refers to the regions that are associated with the people, lands or cultu .... References brancifortii Flora of Sardinia Flora of Sicily Orchids of Europe Endemic flora of Italy {{Orchidoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steveniella
''Steveniella'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Only one species is known, ''Steveniella satyrioides'', native to Iran, Turkey, Crimea and the Caucasus. ''Steveniella satyrioides'' is considered an endangered species in Armenia.Renz J., 1978; Renz J., Taubenheim G., 1984; Red Data Book of Armenia SSR, 1989; Averyanov L.V., Nersesyan A.A., 2001 See also * List of Orchidaceae genera This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according tThe 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 ... References External links * *Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz, ''Steveniella satyrioides'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
