orchid
ஆர்க்கிட்
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Many tropical orchids are epiphytes, growing on the side of trees, and will not do well if their roots stay wet.
a plant with complex flowers that are typically showy or bizarrely shaped, having a large specialized lip (labellum) and frequently a spur. Orchids occur worldwide, especially as epiphytes in tropical forests, and are valuable hothouse plants.
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Use the shelf created by the window for an 'orchid' or another tropical plant.
The church people gave out corsages to the mothers, and of course the flower pinned to the leaf was an 'orchid' .
There were white roses, pink roses, bright yellow sunflowers, lilies, daisies and 'orchids' .
Flowering epiphytes - bromeliads, 'orchids' and cacti - are presented most commonly.
Sales of 'orchids' and other tropical plants amount to a huge export industry.
This common, damaging pest likes to feed on the roots of Hawaii's colorful and exotic tropical 'orchids' .
Many tropical 'orchids' are epiphytes, growing on the side of trees, and will not do well if their roots stay wet.
Other flowers that work well include stephanotis, tulips and 'orchids' .
The venue is a hotel resort set in a lush tropical garden overflowing with 'orchids' and other native flowers.
Butterflies and bogflies flutter above and around trefoils, daisies, clovers, sea-pinks and 'orchids' .
Bamboos, ferns, bromeliads, epiphytes and 'orchids' will all thrive in this microclimate.
Blooming plants such as 'orchids' and kalanchoe need more light than palms.
Because 'orchids' are primarily tropical epiphytes and small herbs, they do not have a fossil record.
Certain plants such as 'orchids' and some varieties of bromeliads will do best in mediums made especially for them.
Anthuriums, 'orchids' and lilies remain unspoilt for at least 10 to 15 days.
Lady slippers and some kinds of cymbidium are terrestrial 'orchids' .
Only a few epiphyte ferns, 'orchids' and bromeliads have been studied genetically.
The plants that he uses include ferns, bromeliads, 'orchids' and palm trees.
To maintain the supply of 'orchids' and tropical plants, the company has a tissue culture lab that can produce two to three million plants a year.
Where else can you grow bromeliads and 'orchids' outside by simply hanging them in trees?
The prospective 'orchidist' will want to have a general knowledge of the orchid family and a survey of the individual members with whom he may want later to become more closely acquainted.
Meanwhile, a large number of plants, such as 'orchids' and sandalwood, have been smuggled into domestic and overseas markets.
The next phase will be completed by next July, which will then include up to 10,000 plant species from banana plants to rare 'orchids' .
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