Ornate Orchids #3 is a painting by Bruce Nutting which was uploaded on May 18th, 2015.
Ornate Orchids #3
Orchidaceae are well known for the many structural variations in their flowers.... more
Title
Ornate Orchids #3
Artist
Bruce Nutting
Medium
Painting - Digital
Description
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.
As an apomorphy of the clade, orchid flowers are primitively zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical), although in some genera like Mormodes, Ludisia and Macodes, this kind of symmetry may be difficult to notice.
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May 18th, 2015
