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Scientists have discovered that Holcoglossum amesianum self-fertilises. It is not a hermaphrodite orchid needs water, wind or birds to inmultii. The procedure takes place without a pollinator, a 360° rotation of male bodies to insert pollen into the stigma cavity. Grows on tree trunk Holcoglossum amesianum in southwest China, at altitudes of 1200-2000 m. flourishing takes place from February to April. Source www.natureasia.com
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 Orchidee
Gymnadenia conopsea
Gymnadenia conopsea - can be planted in parks and public gardens, on lawns or grassy rocks. Gymnadenia conopsea - Gymnadenia genus name comes from the Greek words 'gymnos' = empty and 'Aden' = gland. Encyclia Hanbury (Lindley) Schlechter, 1914.
Herbaceous perennial, evergreen. Pseudobulb 8 x 4 cm. 1.2 leaves, elliptic-lanceolata, or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 23 x 3 cm. Raceme blossom or panic, 100 cm long, 15-35 flowers, flower 5 cm diameter. Zygopetalum
Zygopetalum contains epiphytic species, most originating in Brazil. Pseudobulbi wearing ovoid form 2 or more leaves lanceolata. Lateral inflorescences develop at the pseudobulbilor; smell of hyacinths. SEPA and petals similar, free. Label is tri-lobate, lobe in the middle is wide, ovat or suborbicular-obovata. Fruit capsule, ovoid-oblonga. Light, temperature and humidity necessary orchids
Orchideele are monocotyledonous plants of the family Orchidaceae, including about 20,000 to 35,000 and 40,000 species of hybrids. Except for the polar areas, orchids grow in spontaneously in all climatic zones of the world, about 60 species are widespread in Europe and 140 in the U.S. and Canada. Holcoglossum amesianum
Holcoglossum amesianum or litofita is an epiphytic species, endemic in Kampuchea, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China, which grows at 1200-2000 m altitude. Roots thick. Short stalk. Leaves 9-30 cm long, fleshy, narrow V-shaped in section, acute. Blossom raceme of 25-50 cm, with 15-30 flowers, SEPA and petals 2 cm, oblong, white. |
 
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