...are found primarily at higher altitudes in the cool, damp montane forests of the [[Andes]] and [[Venezuela]], with some into [[Central America]] up to s
...hey are borne on a slender peduncle, originating from the base of the back of the leaf. The long dorsal [[sepal]] is erect and ends in a somewhat thicker
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Coryanthes (Greek, korys, helmet, and anthos, flower, referring to the shape of the lip). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic orchids requiring warmhouse conditions.
...llapse and become unsightly. Although mud interest attaches to the species of Coryanthes, the genus is not generally cult., since the fls. last too short
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...], it is a large imposing white-gilled white-spotted red [[mushroom]], one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Though it
Native throughout the [[temperate]] and [[boreal]] regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], ''Amanita muscaria'' has been unintentionally
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...ly. It has 5 subfamilies, more than 800 genera, and hundreds of thousands of species and cultivars.
...al]]s (top, lower right, lower left), two normal [[petal]]s on either side of the dorsal (upper) sepal, and the [[labellum]], a modified lower petal in
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