Orchidaceae

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Orchidaceae Orchid Family
Quick Facts

• Biggest family of flowering plants ornamentals
• 735 genera 20,000-35,000 species

Important Members

• Vanilla planifolia
• Cattleya

Flower Facts

• Monocot
• Bisexual flower 3 sepals and 3 petals
• 1-2 stamens
• Undivided leaves
• Erect stems
• Flowers Zygomorphous
• Tropics

Resources Botany in a Day, Thomas J. Elpel
http//www.colorful-orchids.com/orchids/top-ten-fa
mous-orchid-genera-and-their-species.html
http//www.botanical-online.com/familiaorquidaceas
angles.htm
Images http//www.amadeusvanillabeans.com/picture
s/vanilla-planifolia.asp http//www.maineboats.co
m/files/u2/phalenop-orchid-flower.jpg