Orchid, M. Spectabilis Moreliana, 1880
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Orchid, M. Spectabilis Moreliana, 1880
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Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Entitled "Miltonia spectabilis var. moreliana" taken from "Les orchidées" by Paul Emile de Puydt, published 1880. Paul Émile de Puydt (March 6, 1810 - May 20, 1891) was a Belgian writer whose contributions included work in botany and economics. As a botanist, he notably wrote on orchids. The standard botanical author abbreviation De Puydt is applied to species he described. Miltonia moreliana is a species of orchid occurring in Brazil (southeastern Bahia to northern Espírito Santo). Miltonia is an orchid genus formed by nine epiphyte species and eight natural hybrids inhabitants of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one species reaching the northeast of Argentina and east of Paraguay. Orchidaceae is a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants with blooms that are often colorful and often fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family. All orchids are perennial herbs that lack any permanent woody structure. Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident shared derived characteristics. Among these are bilateral symmetry of the flower (zygomorphism), many resupinate flowers, a nearly always highly modified petal, fused stamens and carpels, and extremely small seeds.
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