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Spider orchids

Bartholina

Also called Hair Orchids

Spider orchids
Photo: Unknown author, Copyrighted free use
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid

About

Bartholina is an orchid genus native to South Africa and Namibia.

A member of the Fynbos plant kingdom, Bartholina is also known as the "spider orchid". The common name comes from the array of long, narrow petal lobes that surround the flower, said to resemble the legs of a spider.

Other Holothrix plants

Spider Orchid · Club Spider Orchid · Namaqua Hair Orchid · Egoli Hair Orchid · Holothrix socotrana · Hair Orchids

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bartholina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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