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Orchidaceae or Orchid family is the largest family of the flowering plants. Its name is derived from the genus Orchis. One of the members of this beautiful family is the Paphiopedilum.
Paphiopedilum contains about 80 accepted species, some are natural hybrids. These slipper orchids are native to South China, India, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, and form their own subtribe, the Paphiopedilinae. Paphiopedilum species naturally occur among humus layers as terrestrials on the forest floor, while a few are true epiphytes and some are lithophytes. These sympodial orchids lack pseudobulbs. Instead, they grow robust shoots, each with several leaves.
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Lady Slippers do grow naturally in the deep woods in this zone. They are protected and anyone who digs them can be prosecuted.
As far as a topic for spam? My response to that would be no. This is a very informative blog post about orchids and I found it quite wonderful.
Nice pic and Info…
I agree with Julie. Its not a topic for spam..
And you rocketrowe, i’m watching you!!!!
Hi Mildred and thank you for you very nice email!
Wow your ‘Paph’ Mildred is exquisite! What a stunning photo. The Orchids really helps me get through the winter months.
Mildred you are more then welcome into my garden TYRA’S GARDEN
and yes lets exchange links. I’m so glad you enjoy my blog, I appreciate a small message it is nice to here from you all garden friends. LOLove Tyra
A bit of orchid trivia….The vanilla bean that is used for flavoring food comes from our very lovely orchid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla. Vanilla is my favorite fragrance as well as food additive. When I discovered this, it is no wonder!
Yeah, vanilla just adds a better taste to your food :)
Do you grow them Julie?
No, Rikesh, I can’t grow them in my zone. They’d freeze their little batooties and I don’t have a consevatory to keep them in. This particular plant loves to climb trees. So even an average greenhouse wouldn’t be large enough to house them. I’m sure there’s one at Longwood Gardens in Philadelphia and I’ll be sure to look for it when we visit there again.
Awww.. that’s too bad for you. there’s a couple of grenhouse here, in the south of the island. but i’ve never had the chance to grow some myself :(
Rikesh~I’m not spamming and writing random stuff. I really do read these blogs and posts. The orchid family is absolutely beautiful - I did an article on it.
Simply having more than one account here is considered as a violation.
And, if you REALLY have an article, give your direct link to it.