Ground Orchid Biology Ground Orchid, also called Philippine ground orchid or large purple orchid is a common plant with a swollen stem base and adventitious roots. Ground Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family and its botanical name is Spathoglottis plicata Read more…
Category: Plants and Crops
Kingdom plantae
Jerusalem artichoke is commonly referred to as sunchokes, Indian tuber, Brandy potato, Ross potato, or diabetic potato. It is now a very popular tuber that’s grown for food and medicinal uses. Sunchoke is a good of protein minerals, rich in Read more…
Butterfly Pea, botanically called Clitoria ternatea, belongs to the Fabaceae family. Some of its local names are Darwin pea, Butterfly pea, Blue pea, Bluebellvine, etc. Clitoria ternatea is a weak-stemmed twiner and has the ‘habit’ of twining on fences or Read more…
The Rattlebox plant, scientific name – Crotalaria retusa is an ornamental plant that’s also medicinal. While many don’t know it as Crotalaria retusa, its common names are rattleweed, showy rattlebox, cat’s bell, etc. The reason its name is likened to Read more…
Characteristics of Entomophilous flowers All entomophilous flowers share a few common characteristics. Some of the features are discussed below. Size of Entomophilous Flowers The Entomophilous flowers are usually large and conspicuous. Examples of Entomophilous flowers are are Clitoria, Stenolobium Read more…
