Cattleya orchid flowers

Credit: ALAN PUNTON ESQ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Two orchid flowers (Cattleya trianaei delicata). Each of these flowers has a larger trumpet-shaped petal which is a specialised structure called a lip. This attracts pollinators to the flower, and acts as a landing platform. This orchid species comes from Colombia in tropical South America. There are more than 30,000 species of orchids worldwide, many of which are grown as ornamental flowers.

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Keywords: biology, botanical, botany, cattleya trianaei delicata, colombia, duo, flower, flowering, flowers, nature, orchid, orchidaceae, pair, pink flowering, plant, reproduction, reproductive, south american, tropical, two

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