{"id":2104,"date":"2021-01-08T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2021-01-08T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:18:00","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-flower-opening-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-flower-opening-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Flower opening patterns."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is to be believed that the family of Orchidaceae is the most evolved among all plant families. The life of many orchid plants is a mystery and many characteristics are still not yet fully studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those interesting characteristics is the flower opening patterns among various species. Flowers tend to open from the\u00a0basal (bottom) toward the\u00a0distal (apex) end in some species and vice versa in the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2105\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-1.jpg 433w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption>Odontochilus sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2106\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2-1.jpg 433w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption>Rhomboda sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"332\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2107\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/3-1.jpg 332w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/3-1-153x300.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption>Rhynchostylis sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2108\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4-1.jpg 433w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption>Oberonia sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Post 47 &#8211; 08\/January\/2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is to be believed that the family of Orchidaceae is the most evolved among all plant families. The life of many orchid plants is a mystery and many characteristics are still not yet fully studied. One of those interesting characteristics is the flower opening patterns among various species. Flowers tend to open from the\u00a0basal &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-flower-opening-patterns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Flower opening patterns.<\/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":[586,585,54,354],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104"}],"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=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions\/2109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}