{"id":1843,"date":"2020-10-01T07:46:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T07:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2020-10-01T07:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T07:46:28","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-twisting-of-flower-pedicel-in-orchid-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-twisting-of-flower-pedicel-in-orchid-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Twisting of flower pedicel in orchid flowers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">In resupinate orchid flowers, when buds are formed they are upside down &#8211; meaning the lip and spur (if present) are on top side of the bud. As the buds develop, the pedicel twists either clockwise or anti-clockwise to invert the bud, thus arranging the lip and spur to the bottom side of the flower. This arrangement helps visiting pollinators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">(Note: Pics of spurred buds are used to make the lesson more easier).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1844\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1844\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Calanthe sp.\" width=\"450\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS1-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS1-2-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calanthe sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1845\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1845\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS2-2.jpg\" alt=\"Calanthe sp.\" width=\"450\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS2-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS2-2-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calanthe sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1846\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1846\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS3-2.jpg\" alt=\"Calanthe sp.\" width=\"450\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS3-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOPOLBNS3-2-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calanhe sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Post 16 &#8211; 01\/October\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In resupinate orchid flowers, when buds are formed they are upside down &#8211; meaning the lip and spur (if present) are on top side of the bud. As the buds develop, the pedicel twists either clockwise or anti-clockwise to invert the bud, thus arranging the lip and spur to the bottom side of the flower. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-twisting-of-flower-pedicel-in-orchid-flowers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Twisting of flower pedicel in orchid flowers.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[54,354,435,433,438,439,436,434,437],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1847,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843\/revisions\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}