How Do You Identify Plant Description Of White Flowering Wildflower Orchids?
Imagine you are out in the wilderness and would like to learn how to identify orchids from other plant species. Characteristically all orchids have the same structural elements. They may be varying sizes and shapes but the basic structure remains the same. Several varieties of orchids may produce white blooms. See if the flower you are examining has three petals and three sepals. Does the orchid have one petal that is different than the other two petals and looks like a lip? The lip, also called the labellum, acts as a landing strip for bees and other insects and has a small reservoir inside to trap the pollen from the pollinator. A sepal is a modified leaf that acts as a protective covering before the flower blooms; it then spreads out beneath the bloom after the flower opens. Sepals are usually green, but in some flowers, such as orchids, they are the same color as the petals. Orchids have been known to adapt to many environments. They can be epiphytes, which grow on trees instead of
