BREATHTAKING ORCHIDS BEAUTY BRINGS HAPPINESS
Orchids come from a Greek term “orchis,” which literally means testicle. It has more than 17,000 species and has wide variety of solid and mixed color combinations in their blooms. White, just like in anything else, is often associated to innocence, virtue or purity therefore the color heightens the beauty and glamour of white orchids.
Orchids are generally under the family Orchidaceae, which accounts for almost 30,000 species of the plant kingdom. This type of plant grows primarily in the tropical part of the world though some species may grow in other places except perhaps in desert regions. The orchid market is actually one of the most profitable botanical trades across the globe and because of this they have been domesticated primarily for their monetary value. A lot of the orchids usually come from Tropical Asia, Central America and South America.
Some of the species have been hybridized to increase their monetary values. Some national economies would benefit from this trade but the plant kingdom may suffer in consequence. Many of the hybridized orchids lose their original features so even if they are more resilient they have shorter lifespans and are challenging to reproduce. The hybrid species could also wipe out the native species by way of competition when they are accidentally released in the wild.
The white orchid specifically suffers the most in this survival of the fittest. This is because white in general is a recessive color among species of the plant kingdom. If white orchids are hybridized, there are only 1 in 3 chances that the resulting color would be white. Hybridized white orchids would mostly end up with mixed color offspring on the second or third generation blooms. In the African continent, white orchids are more frequently seen but the purest white strain is found in Thailand. Pure white orchids include those that belong to the genii Angraecum, Aerangiis, Rangeris, Cyrtorchis and Neobenthamia.
Orchids are generally under the family Orchidaceae, which accounts for almost 30,000 species of the plant kingdom. This type of plant grows primarily in the tropical part of the world though some species may grow in other places except perhaps in desert regions. The orchid market is actually one of the most profitable botanical trades across the globe and because of this they have been domesticated primarily for their monetary value. A lot of the orchids usually come from Tropical Asia, Central America and South America.
Some of the species have been hybridized to increase their monetary values. Some national economies would benefit from this trade but the plant kingdom may suffer in consequence. Many of the hybridized orchids lose their original features so even if they are more resilient they have shorter lifespans and are challenging to reproduce. The hybrid species could also wipe out the native species by way of competition when they are accidentally released in the wild.
The white orchid specifically suffers the most in this survival of the fittest. This is because white in general is a recessive color among species of the plant kingdom. If white orchids are hybridized, there are only 1 in 3 chances that the resulting color would be white. Hybridized white orchids would mostly end up with mixed color offspring on the second or third generation blooms. In the African continent, white orchids are more frequently seen but the purest white strain is found in Thailand. Pure white orchids include those that belong to the genii Angraecum, Aerangiis, Rangeris, Cyrtorchis and Neobenthamia.
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