{"id":2062,"date":"2020-12-24T07:34:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2020-12-24T07:35:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T07:35:43","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-forward-bending-spur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-forward-bending-spur\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Forward bending spur."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an orchid flower, spur (if present) arises from the base of the lip and considered as an extension of the latter. Spurs can be very minute to shorter or longer than the length of the lip. However, in general, irrespective of its shape and size, lips are pendulous (pointing downwards), but in rare cases they are arranged backward pointing also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as an extreme rarity some species have unusually large horn-shaped forward bending spurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"407\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2063\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-3.jpg 407w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1-3-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><figcaption>Aerides sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"648\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2064\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2-4.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2-4-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Aerides sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"375\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2066\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/3-4.jpg 375w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/3-4-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption>Platanthera sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"592\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Platanthera sp.\" class=\"wp-image-2067\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4-1-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Platanthera sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Post 42 &#8211; 24\/December\/2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an orchid flower, spur (if present) arises from the base of the lip and considered as an extension of the latter. Spurs can be very minute to shorter or longer than the length of the lip. However, in general, irrespective of its shape and size, lips are pendulous (pointing downwards), but in rare cases &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-forward-bending-spur\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Forward bending 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":[568,567,569,480,54,354],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062"}],"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=2062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}