Chiloglottis
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Chiloglottis, commonly known as wasp orchids, ant orchids or bird orchids, is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is found in eastern Australia and Ne
Chiloglottis reflexa
Labelled image of Chiloglottis formicifera
Resupination
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Resupination is derived from the Latin word resupinus, meaning "bent back with the face upward" or "on the back". "Resupination" is the noun form of the adjective "resupine" which means "being upside-
Chiloglottis
…orchids are terrestrial herbs which grow in colonies of genetically identical plants. They usually have two leaves at the base of the plant and a single resupinate ("upside-down") flower. The labellum is more or less diamond-shaped and has calli resembling the body of a wingless female wasp. The genus Chiloglottis…
Resupinate flower of Diuris aequalis
Non-resupinate flowers of Prasophyllum elatum
Resupinate flowers of Cattleya aclandiae
Non-resupinate flowers of Calopogon tuberosus