Learning About The Orchids in Guyana
Guyana is a country in the northeast South America on the Atlantic Ocean. The region of Guiana was settled in the early 17th century by the Dutch, who fought with the British and the French over the next two centuries for control of this coast. Awarded the western
portion of Guiana in 1815, Great Britain established the colony of British Guiana in 1931, which gained its independence as Guyana in year of 1966. The largest city of Guyana, Georgetown is its capital. Guyana is an Amerindian word which means 'Land of Many Waters',
and the country is characterized by vast unspoiled rain forests dissected by numerous rivers, creeks and beautiful waterfalls. Another thing it is famous for is a proposed location of legendary El Dorado, the inspiration for The Lost World as also for its friendly
multicultural society, high biodiversity, prize-winning rum, wooden architecture, and Demerara sugar. Though physically part of South America, culturally, Guyana is found to be more Caribbean than Latin American.
The Details About Orchids And Orchids in
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Orchid, is the popular name for members of Orchidaceae, a family of perennial herbs which are distributed widely in both hemispheres. This unusually large family of some 450 genera and an estimated 10,000 to 17,500 species, includes terrestrial,
epiphytic, and saprophytic (subsisting on decomposing material) genera. Although the latter may sometimes lack chlorophyll, none of them is actually parasitic. Orchids grow most abundantly in tropical and subtropical forests being largely epiphytic. The temperate
genera thrive in all kinds of shaded habitats except the excessively dry or cold ones. Most temperate orchids and all those of Arctic are terrestrial orchids.
Various Orchids are native to the land of Guyana. These include the white coloured Sobralia
valida, the purple coloured Sobralia oliva-estevae and Epistephium duckei, the brown spotted, yellow Rudolfiella bicornaria. Then there is the undescribable Brassia (often confused with B. verrucosa) and the light purpulish Epistephium subrepens which are also found
in Guyana. The white and yellow vanilla bicolor, the pinkish Cleistes rosea ans Zygosepalum labiosum are few other native orchids of Guyana. Amongst others seen in the forests of Guyana are Epidendrum carpophorum, Gongora pleichroma, Bollea violacea and Galeottia jorisiana.
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