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Labellum (botany)

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and can be hinged or movable, facilitating pollination. Often, the orchid labellum is divided into three or more lobes. Some have modified fleshy lumps on the upper surface generally referred to as the
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by its large size and its often irregular shape. It is not unusual for the other two petals of an orchid flower to look like the sepals, so that the labellum stands out as distinct.
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The labellum in orchids is often large and complex enough that terminology describing relative positions for structures on it becomes useful: the
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Kurzweil, Hubert; Kocyan, Alexander (2002). "Ontogeny of orchid flowers". In Kull, Tiiu; Arditti, Joseph (eds.).
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In orchids, the labellum is the modified median petal that sits opposite from the fertile
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is the basal portion nearer the connection with the rest of the flower, the
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The labellum is a modified petal and can be distinguished from the other
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the flower, and acts as a landing platform for them.
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Labellum with highly modified calli in a species of
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Index

Labium (botany)
Labellum (disambiguation)

Showy lady slipper

orchid
Canna
insects
pollinate
petals
sepals
anther
perianth
column
Labellum of a Phalaenopsis hybrid
Phalaenopsis
Orchis italica, the naked man orchid, showing a labellum divided into several lobes
Orchis italica
Labellum of the orchid Laelia superbiens, showing five wavy ridges of the callus
Laelia superbiens
Labellum with highly modified calli in a species of Chiloglottis
Chiloglottis
Glossary of botanical terms
Bailey, L. H.


ISBN
1-4020-0580-6
Categories
Plant morphology

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