Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami – Dorsally compressed flowers.

Almost all the orchid flowers are zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical), with spreading sepals and petals, irrespective of their size – small or large.

However, genus like Bulbophyllum has few species with dorsally compressed flowers, with its sepals and petals adpressed over each other forming more or less a flattened flower.

Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.
Bulbophyllum sp.

Post 32 – 24/November/2020