Labellum (botany)
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In botany, the labellum is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera, that serves to attract insects, which pollinate the flower, and acts as a landing platform for them
Showy lady slipper (Cypripedium reginae) has a pink labellum
Labellum of a Phalaenopsis hybrid
Orchis italica, the naked man orchid, showing a labellum divided into several lobes
Labellum of the orchid Laelia superbiens, showing five wavy ridges of the callus
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
Labellum (botany)
…into several lobes Labellum of the orchid Laelia superbiens, showing five wavy ridges of the callus Labellum with highly modified calli in a species of Chiloglottis See also Glossary of botanical terms References…
Chiloglottis reflexa
Labelled image of Chiloglottis formicifera