Rare Orchids

Orchids are plants with brightly colored , unusually shaped flowers .


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Cypripedium Reginae 

The Showy Lady's-slipper (Cypripedium reginae), also known as the Pink-and-white Lady's-slipper or the Queen's Lady's-slipper, is a rare terrestrial temperate lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America.

The plant has probably always been rare and although it produces a large amount of seeds per seed pod, it reproduces largely by vegetative reproduction.^[2] Although never common, this rare plant has vanished from much of its historical range due to habitat loss. It has been a subject of horticultural interest for many years with Charles Darwin being one of the people who, unsuccessfully, tried cultivating the plant. The plant became the state flower of Minnesota in 1902, and it became protected by state law in 1925. It is illegal to pick or uproot a showy lady slipper flower in Minnesota. The lady's-slipper is also the state wildflower of New Hampshire.

It thrives in neutral to basic soils and prefers growing in fens. Historically, it was difficult to raise and responded poorly to tissue culture efforts until in the late 1990’s substantial progress was made in axenic culture of the plant from sterile seeds. ^[1][2][3] Since the plants reproduce vegetatively by rhizomes, they survive indefinitely. They typically flower in late June and early July. Usually, there are one or two flowers per stem, but there can be three or four. The stem has a hairy appearance, and the "hairs" can cause irritation to some people.

Although this plant was originally chosen as the provincial flower for Prince Edward Island in 1947, it was so rare on the island that another Lady's-slipper, C. acaule (moccasin flower or pink lady slipper), has replaced it as the province's floral emblem.

Cattleya Trianae

Cattleya trianae (Lindl & Rchb. fil), also known as Flor de Mayo ("May Flower") or "Christmas Orchid" ^[1], is a plant belonging to the Orchidaceae family. It grows as an epiphytic orchid, withsucculent leaves, endemic to Colombia where it was nominated as the National Flower in November 1936. That year, the National Academy of History of Argentina asked the Latin American countries to participate in an exhibition with the representative flowers of each country. The Colombian government gave the botanist Emilio Robledo the task to designate the most representative flowering plant of the country.

The choice of Cattleya trianae was made for two main reasons:

• The lip is yellow, blue and red, in the same way as the Colombian flag.
• The species was named after the 19th century Colombian botanist Jerónimo Triana.

The species grows at 1500–2000 meters above sea level, in Cloud forests. It is presently an endangered species due to habitat destruction.

The diploid chromosome number of C. trinae has been determined as 2n = 40. the haploidchromosome number has been determined as n = 20.^[2]

Miltonia Spectabilis

Miltonia spectabilis, the Outstanding Miltonia, is a species of orchid occurring in extreme eastern Brazil and has been erroneously reported to occur in Venezuela.^[1] It is the type species of the genus Miltonia.

Darwinia Meeboldii 

Darwinia meeboldii (Cranbrook Bell) is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.^[2] It has an erect and straggly habit, growing to between 0.5 and 3 metres high.^[2] The bracts around the flowers form a pendent "bell" which is usually white with red tips.^[3] A group of 8 small flowers are concealed inside. These are primarily produced between August and November.^[2][3]

It occurs on peaty soils on slopes in the western part of the Stirling Range National Park.^[2][4]

Thelymitra Ixioides

I like this one ! ^^

It's so beautiful & attractive .

Thelymitra ixioides, known as the Spotted Sun Orchid is a common plant in eastern and southern Australia. Leaves are thin or lanceolate, up to 20 cm long.^[1] A small plant with spotted flowers, forming from August to January. Usually blue, but sometimes violet. It grows in eucalyptuswoodland or heathland.

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