Blue Orchid
by Kasia Bitner
Title
Blue Orchid
Artist
Kasia Bitner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
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The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and often fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.
he Orchidaceae are well known for the many structural variations in their flowers.
Some orchids have single flowers, but most have a racemose inflorescence, sometimes with a large number of flowers. The flowering stem can be basal, that is, produced from the base of the tuber, like in Cymbidium, apical, meaning it grows from the apex of the main stem, like in Cattleya, or axillary, from the leaf axil, as in Vanda.
As an apomorphy of the clade, orchid flowers are primitively zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical), although in some genera like Mormodes, Ludisia, and Macodes, this kind of symmetry may be difficult to notice.
The other important use of orchids is their cultivation for the enjoyment of the flowers. Most cultivated orchids are tropical or subtropical, but quite a few which grow in colder climates can be found on the market. Temperate species available at nurseries include Ophrys apifera (bee orchid), Gymnadenia conopsea (fragrant orchid), Anacamptis pyramidalis (pyramidal orchid) and Dactylorhiza fuchsii (common spotted orchid).
Orchids blossom in a variety of different beautiful colors. Vibrant reds, pinks, purples�the list goes on. There are two shades, however, that orchids do not naturally blossom in: a true blue or a true black. They simply do not have the genetic makeup to make these pigments. There are some varieties of purple orchids that look very blue, but upon close inspection are really a shade of purple. Similarly, black orchids have an extremely rich pigmentation that looks almost black but is not a true black color.
So what about the bright blue orchids you may have seen at your local Lowe�s or grocery store? Those are actually white orchids that have been artificially dyed blue. If they were to blossom again, they would have white flowers.
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January 15th, 2017
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Alana Thrower
Gorgeous orchid image! Your background color really accents the blue of the orchid! l/f/g+
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Sora Neva for featuring my "Blue Orchid" in the group Women Who Run With Wolves!