It is reported that an orchid(兰花) found by atouristin South China is a new species(种类).To our surprise, the orchid is completely yellow,has no leaves and carries the biggest seed of allknown orchids. Named by scientists asDanxiaorchis sinchiana, it was found in the very farmountains...
Researchers describe agnicellus‘ flowers as “small” and “rather ugly,” and note the orchid has no leaves or other photosynthetic tissue. Instead, the orchid relies on nearby fungi for nutrition. As a result, the orchid looks like a tiny sandworm from DuneOpens in a new tab, but made...
If some of your orchid’s roots are beginning to grow above the surface of the growing medium, your orchid has air roots. Some people refer to them as aerial roots, and the sight of these above-soil roots may make you worry that your orchid has outgrown its pot or that you've neglect...
To ensure enough vanilla beansto meet worldwide demand, they have to be hand-pollinated. See, orchids are smart: This one has the humans doing all the work for it. Tips for Growing Orchids This is the most common type of orchid, thePhalaenopsisor moth orchid. Not surprisingly, it is ea...
Leaf Spotis the damage that most fungal and bacterial diseases leave behind are circular or oblong spots on the foliage or flowers. You could remove diseased leaves by cutting the leaf off about 1/2 inch to 1 inch into healthy leaf tissue that shows no signs of the disease. Be careful no...
You’ll never see them though, they are the size of a speck of dust and are only visible under a microscope. Part of the reason for their small size is that they lack an endosperm and have no nutrients within. They require contact with a particular fungus to germinate and grow. We fin...
6. It has been hypothesised that radiations are facilitated by entering a new ecological niche with little or no competition from similar species (ecological opportunity), and the genetic potential allowing the necessary adaptations to evolve (genetic variation), ultimately leading to rapid bursts of...
The intensity of the cleavage signals was higher in leaves than in the other three organs. However, no obviously high expression level was detected for comp156499_c0_seq2 in leaves. Instead, two regulatory miRNAs, dof-miR988 and dof-miR989, were enriched in the leaves. Thus, we proposed ...
and they extend laterally to simulate the extended wings of a sitting fly. The base of the lip has no particular similarity to the head and thorax of a fly, but this is probably not necessary to complete theillusion. The stigma of the flower is located more or less at the apex of the...
and they extend laterally to simulate the extended wings of a sitting fly. The base of the lip has no particular similarity to the head and thorax of a fly, but this is probably not necessary to complete theillusion. The stigma of the flower is located more or less at the apex of the...