Saturday, 2 August 2014
Orchidaceae
is a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants with blooms that are
often colourful and often fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family. Along with the Asteraceae,
they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between
21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species, found in 880 genera. The
determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified
data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Source
