Introduction
Introducion
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Orchidaceae is a large family of monocotyledons comprising about 800 genera and 25,000 species around the world.
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Orchids are accepted to be the world’s most exotic and fascinating flowers, with their extraordinary variety of form, sizes, shapes, colours, texture and markings.
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These features make them highly priced among the ornamentals.
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Majority of the cultivated orchids are natives of tropical counties.
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In India, they are mainly found in North eastern hills, Kerala and Western Ghats and few in Kashmir.
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They grow in the humid tropical forests.
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Orchid growing has become a great hobby all over the world in addition to its commercial value for cut flower industry.
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Cultivation of orchids has become a very profitable occupation.
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The secret of successful cultivation of orchids is to provide them with conditions as identical as possible with the environment under which they were growing in the wild.
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Due to their peculiar nutritional habits, Orchids require special techniques of cultivation, it they are to grow healthy and put out a good crop of flowers.
Botany
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Orchidaceae is the largest family of angiosperms.
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The family contains more than 80,000 hybrids.
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Sub Kingdom : Phanerogams
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Class : Monocotyledons
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Order : Orchidales
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Family : Orchidaceae (Bentham & Hooker)
Origin
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Tropical Forests of Amazon & Indo - Malayan region.
Distribution in India: India is blessed with a wealth of orchids flora and about 1300 species are estimated to occur in the country.
Importance Genera of Commercial Importance
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Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis (Moth Orchids), Aerides, Cattleya, Paphiopedilum, and Vanda etc,.
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Last modified: Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 10:02 AM