1. Petaloid Monocots Monocots 25% of flowering plants (11 orders)

3. Orchidaceae 775 Genera 19,500 Species!

4. Cypripedium acaule, Pink Lady’s Slipper, Orchidaceae, Blooms locally (e.g.,on Pine Cobble) in mid- to late May. Note pouch like lower lip-- the “slipper”.

5. Calypso bulbosa

6. Corallorrhiza trifida. Terrestrial, small flowered northern orchid. Orchidaceae

7. Angraecum sesquipedale Native to Madagascar has a 13 inch spur!!

8. Orchid: Angraecum sesquipedale Moth: Sphingidae Place: Madagascar Person: Darwin

10. Drakaea, Hammer Orchid

11. Drakaea thynniphila www.fr..ch/mhn/expositions/flora.australis/flora16.gif

12. Drakaea glyptodon

13. Drakaea gracilis

14. Ophrys orchids

15. Ophrys orchid. The lower lip is shaped like, smells like and feels like a female wasp. Pollination is by pseudocopulation Male wasp on Ophrys.

17. Ophrys insectifera http://androsace.com www.orchid-rhoen.de/or01.htm www.primiero.it/orchidee/album_fotografico.html

18. Orchid seed, note it is tiny, and lacks both endosperm and cotyledon. Each seed is simply a membranous seed coat containing a few undifferentiated cells.

19. Developing orchid plantlet or protocorm with mycorrhizal fungus.

20. Young orchid plant

21. Cattleya sp. Orchidaceae

22. Vanilla planifolia flower. This is the species of Vanilla cultivated for vanilla production. It is one of the few orchids that is a vine.

23. Vanilla planifolia capsules. Immature capsules are collected, sweated and fermented, then dried and cured in the sun (a process that can take months). The vanilla “beans” (which are actually capsules) are used as flavorings. In ancient Mexico they were also used as a perfume and aromatic.

24. Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean are the main Vanilla producers. Hand pollination substitutes for the absence of native pollinators. Vanilla is native to Mexico and Central America.

25. Vanilla phaeantha, Orchidaceae