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Arachnis (orchid)
Encyclopedia
The genus Arachnis, abbreviated as Arach in horticultural trade, is a member of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae
), consisting of more than 20 species native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia
, the Philippines
, New Guinea
, and the Solomon Islands
.
Orchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
), consisting of more than 20 species native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, and the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
.
List of species
- Arachnis annamensis
- Arachnis batizocoi
- Arachnis batizogaea
- Arachnis beccarii
- Arachnis beccarii var. imthurnii
- Arachnis breviscapaArachnis breviscapaArachnis breviscapa is a species of orchid....
- Arachnis calcarata
- Arachnis calcarata ssp. longisepala
- Arachnis canniformis
- Arachnis cathcarthii
- Arachnis celebica
- Arachnis clarkei
- Arachnis evrardii
- Arachnis grandisepala
- Arachnis hookeriana
- Arachnis imthurnii
- Arachnis limax
- Arachnis longicaulis
- Arachnis longisepala
- Arachnis lyonii
- Arachnis maingayi
- Arachnis muelleri
- Arachnis philippinensis
- Arachnis siamensis
- Arachnis vanmullemii