{"id":2002,"date":"2020-12-03T06:22:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2020-12-03T06:22:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:22:16","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-bright-coloured-spur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-bright-coloured-spur\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Bright coloured spur."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spur is an extension of the lip, arising from its base, hence almost in all the cases it is of the same colour of the lip or of a lighter\/darker version. However, there are a few species that produce spur with unusually bright colour that is entirely different from that of the colouration of the lip and also of other flower parts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a highly evolutionary method adopted by orchid plants to attract pollinators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"599\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1CS.jpg\" alt=\"Phaius sp.\" class=\"wp-image-1995\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1CS.jpg 599w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1CS-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption>Phaius sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2CS.jpg\" alt=\"Phaius sp.\" class=\"wp-image-1996\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2CS.jpg 550w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2CS-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Phaius sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post 34 &#8211; 30\/November\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spur is an extension of the lip, arising from its base, hence almost in all the cases it is of the same colour of the lip or of a lighter\/darker version. However, there are a few species that produce spur with unusually bright colour that is entirely different from that of the colouration of the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-bright-coloured-spur\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Bright coloured spur.<\/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":[541,540,54,354],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002"}],"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=2002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}