The Elegant White Orchid

by Sandi OReilly

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The Elegant White Orchid

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Sandi OReilly

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Photograph - Photography

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My mother grew orchids when I was growing up and since then, I have always loved the flowers. This orchid reminded me of her so I was able to capture this image of it and share it with you. This image was taken with a 105mm Nikkor Micro lens.

The orchids are a large and diverse family of plants. Orchids or Orchidaceae are in the family of monocot flowering plants in the super order Liliiflorae. Orchids bloom in a range of colour and forms. They also live in a range of habitats (full sun, shade, climbing, on rocks, trees or on the ground). Orchids grow from the Arctic to the Equator and south in all the continents except Antarctica. The family of Orchids contains more species than any other family of plants (some botanists estimate the family to contain some 20,000 to 25,000 species). A majority of orchids are perennial epiphytes, which grow anchored to trees or shrubs in the tropics and subtropics. Species such as Angraecum sororium are lithophytes, growing on rocks or very rocky soil. Other orchids (including the majority of temperate Orchidaceae) are terrestrial and can be found in habitat areas such as grasslands or forest.

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March 18th, 2014

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