Bartholina

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Bartholina
Bartholina burmanniana
Bartholina burmanniana
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Bartholina
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Species
*Bartholina burmanniana

A member of the Fynbos plant kingdom, Bartholina is also known as the "Spider Orchid". The common name comes from the array of fine feather-like petals that surround the flower resembling the legs of a spider.

The family is named after the seventeenth century Danish scientist Thomas Bartholin.