{"id":2120,"date":"2021-01-14T10:33:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2021-01-14T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T10:33:19","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-orchid-tubers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-orchid-tubers\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Orchid tubers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Terrestrial orchids are either rhizomatous or with tuber\/s. Tubers play the role of food reserves and in many species new growths arise from it. Tubers are of different sizes and shapes. The surface of tubers are also unique, some are smooth but others are hairy, or even noded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tubers of many orchid species are collected because of their medicinal values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ancient Romans\u00a0used ground orchid tubers to make various drinks. Sahlep (or Salep) is a flour made from the tubers of orchid plants (in the genus Orchis) and considered highly nutritious and is consumed in beverages and desserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"622\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2121\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-4.jpg 622w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-4-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption>Gastrodia sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2-3.jpg 490w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2-3-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption>Platanthera sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/3-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/3-3.jpg 650w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/3-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption>Platanthera sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"423\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4-3.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4-3-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Gastrodia sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Post 49 &#8211; 14\/January\/2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrestrial orchids are either rhizomatous or with tuber\/s. Tubers play the role of food reserves and in many species new growths arise from it. Tubers are of different sizes and shapes. The surface of tubers are also unique, some are smooth but others are hairy, or even noded. Tubers of many orchid species are collected &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-orchid-tubers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Orchid tubers.<\/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":[79,354,589,590],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120"}],"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=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}