{"id":1896,"date":"2020-11-02T08:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2020-11-02T08:46:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:46:08","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-perpendicularly-bent-leaf-blades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-perpendicularly-bent-leaf-blades\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Perpendicularly bent leaf blades."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Leaf blades in orchids with pseudobulbs arise\u00a0from the apex of the bulb, with the axis of both remaining same and in a straight line. However, there are cases in which the leaves bent perpendicularly to the axis of the bulb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">This phenomenon is very rare and occurs in only a handful of orchid species. The reason for this unique characteristic is a little vague. During my studies, it was observed that those species with perpendicularly bent leaves always grow facing a particular direction. Hence, it is to be believed that the perpendicularly bent arrangement of the leaf blade may be for receiving maximum sunlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1897\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1897\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Example of perpendicularly bent leaf blades.\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL1-2.jpg 433w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL1-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of perpendicularly bent leaf blades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1898\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1898\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL2-2.jpg\" alt=\"Example of perpendicularly bent leaf blades.\" width=\"398\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL2-2.jpg 398w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL2-2-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of perpendicularly bent leaf blades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1899\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1899\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL3-2.jpg\" alt=\"Example of a normal leaf blade.\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL3-2.jpg 433w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OLBNSPBL3-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of a normal leaf blade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Post 25 &#8211; 02\/November\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaf blades in orchids with pseudobulbs arise\u00a0from the apex of the bulb, with the axis of both remaining same and in a straight line. However, there are cases in which the leaves bent perpendicularly to the axis of the bulb. This phenomenon is very rare and occurs in only a handful of orchid species. The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-perpendicularly-bent-leaf-blades\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Perpendicularly bent leaf blades.<\/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":[484,54,354,483,482,481],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896"}],"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=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions\/1900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}