Moth Orchid
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
Moth Orchid
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Metal Print
Description
Phalaenopsis, commonly known as moth orchids, is a genus of about seventy species of orchids in the family orchid. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end. Orchids in this genus are native to India, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia with the majority in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Orchids in the genus Phalaenopsis are monopodial epiphytic, sometimes lithophytic herbs with long, coarse roots and short leafy stems hidden by overlapping leaf bases. The leaves are usually arranged in two rows, relatively large and leathery, oblong to elliptic and sometimes succulent. A few to many, small to large, long-lasting, flat, often fragrant flowers are arranged on erect to hanging racemes or panicles. The sepals and petals are free from and spread widely apart from each other. The lateral sepals are usually larger than the dorsal sepal and the petals much wider than the sepals. The labellum is joined stiffly to the column and has three lobes. The side lobes are erect and more or less parallel to each other and the middle lobe sometimes has a pair of appendages or antennae.
A very grateful thank you to the following groups for featuring this picture
GLOBAL FLOWERS PHOTOGRAPHY
11/15/2019
LADY PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS
11/28/2019
10 PLUS
11/28/2019
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS GROUP
01/02/2020
MACRO MARVELS
01/07/2020
ONLY BLOOMS AND FLOWERS PHOTOGRAPHY
09/29/2020
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November 9th, 2019
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