There are so many beautiful flowers in the world whose fragrance and other
features can mesmerize you. One peculiar variety of such flowers is Orchids.
But unlike most of the flowers, its not easy to grow these kind of flowers
without giving proper climatic conditions. But once a proper care is given to
this breed, it will grow like anything.
There are different types of Orchids available which includes yellow, white,
pink and mixed color as well. From these Bouquets can be made if specific
request are made to concern people. These particular plants are available in
different shape, color, size and scent. Belonging to a Orchidaceous family,
these are the quickly changing plants in this world. There are 28,000 species
and 880 genera available.
The cultural need of these is to be understood so that its growing would be
simple. Under right condition and environment, they can flower on regular basis,
like, some can flower on annual basis while some can flower as many as trice a
year.
Monopodium and Cymbidium , the two basic types of Orchids, are available.
Cymbidium orchids develop it in the flowers where it produces the flowers.
Apart from possessing a rhizome, resulting in sending out a shoot from the base
of growth, in a continuous cycle. A sheath is available which more often
protects it. Monopodium, on the other hand, has no pseudo bulbs and grows from
the crown of plant, and have central stem. This central stem is used to grow
continuously from the tip.
As per the growing habits of Orchids which are quite different, they can be
broadly divided into three main categories. These can be named as Lithophytes,
epiphytes and terrestrials.
Lithophytes are normally seen on the base trees or rock, filling crevices. They
can also be finding on the forks as well. As per the environment it lives in, it
utilizes the maximum of the supplied nutrients from the soil which it get from
the decay of different things.
Epiphytes can easily be seen over the trunks of trees. Even you can watch it
over the branches of high tress. As a result, it can be said to be suited for
home culture as well. The nutrients can be absorbed from anything which have
those nutrients and comes in contact with the roots. Apart from this, rain, air
and any vegetation which is decaying can be used as they are good source of the
essential components. The Vela men, a white spongy layer of cells present in the
roots, is used to absorb the required water from the environment. A type of
special fungus is used to provide the required nutrients to plant and also
provide the seed germinations.
This flower, as a different one, is quite a unique in this sense.
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| Orchidaceae are well known for the many structural
variations in their flowers.
Some orchids have single flowers but most have a racemose
inflorescence, sometimes with a large number of flowers. The
flowering stem can be basal, that is produced from the base
of the tuber, like in Cymbidium, apical, meaning it
grows from the apex of the main stem, like in Cattleya, or
axillary, from the leaf axil, as in Vanda.
One orchid genus, Vanilla, is commercially important, used as
a foodstuff flavouring.
The underground tubers of terrestrial orchids (mainly Orchis
mascula) are ground to a powder and used for cooking, such as in
the hot beverage salep or the so-called "fox-testicle ice
cream" salepi dondurma.
The scent of orchids is frequently analysed by perfumists (using
Gas-liquid chromatography) to identify potential fragrance
chemicals.
The other important use of orchids is their cultivation for the
enjoyment of the flowers. Most cultivated orchids are tropical or
subtropical, but quite a few which grow in colder climates can be
found on the market. Temperate species available at nurseries
include Ophrys apifera (bee orchid), Gymnadenia conopsea
(fragrant orchid), Anacamptis pyramidalis (pyramidal orchid)
and Dactylorhiza fuchsii (common spotted orchid).
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