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Anguloa ruckeri (Anguloa ruckeri)

Description

Orchids are herbaceous plants perennial - rarely annual - terrestrial or epiphytic occasionally climbing. A few species lack chlorophyll, and they are mycoheterotrophic With respect to epiphytic orchids, it is said that they can become eternal. In fact, in nature, their survival is linked to the life of the tree that sustains them. There are known plants collected in the mid- nineteenth century that are still growing and flourishing in many collections.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Anguloa