{"id":1978,"date":"2020-11-27T08:37:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2020-11-27T08:43:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:43:16","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-leaf-apex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-leaf-apex\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Leaf apex."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An interesting and mostly unnoticed characteristic in orchid plants is the shape of its leaf apex (tip). It varies in shape and size &#8211; acuminate to subacuminate, bilobulate, cuspidate, mucronate,&nbsp;obtuse to rounded, tridenticulate, unequally bilobed etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason behind leaf apices attaining different shapes is a bit unknown and complicated, but the general theory is that the shape and size of leaf apices help leaves drain rainwater efficiently. Rapid removal of water droplets from its leaf surfaces is very important for plants to avoid damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever the reason, the shape and size of leaf apices help a lot in identifying several species, while they are not in bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"489\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf apex.\" class=\"wp-image-1979\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-2-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Leaf apex.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"482\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1980\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Leaf apex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"469\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-2-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Leaf apex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"460\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4-2-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Leaf apex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1983\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-1-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Leaf apex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"637\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1984\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Leaf apex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Post 33 &#8211; 27\/November\/2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting and mostly unnoticed characteristic in orchid plants is the shape of its leaf apex (tip). It varies in shape and size &#8211; acuminate to subacuminate, bilobulate, cuspidate, mucronate,&nbsp;obtuse to rounded, tridenticulate, unequally bilobed etc.&nbsp; The reason behind leaf apices attaining different shapes is a bit unknown and complicated, but the general theory is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-leaf-apex\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Leaf apex.<\/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":[529,537,530,354,538],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978"}],"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=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}