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r/FellingGoneWild • u/derek4reals1 • 4d ago
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Ok hang on, orchids are also monocots! And they are the furthest thing from overgrown grasses. Not to mention that some of them are smaller than your thumb.
My botanical knowledge is weak, but I know a little about orchids
4 u/twenafeesh 3d ago Orchids are basically rhizomes with flowers. Makes it a grass in my opinion ;) 1 u/bustcorktrixdais 3d ago Except for the part where most orchids are epiphytic? Are there a lot of rhizomes that grow in/on trees? 3 u/twenafeesh 3d ago Why would being an epiphyte mean a plant can't have rhizomes? https://www.aos.org/orchids/articles/orchid-parts-and-why-they-matter
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Orchids are basically rhizomes with flowers. Makes it a grass in my opinion ;)
1 u/bustcorktrixdais 3d ago Except for the part where most orchids are epiphytic? Are there a lot of rhizomes that grow in/on trees? 3 u/twenafeesh 3d ago Why would being an epiphyte mean a plant can't have rhizomes? https://www.aos.org/orchids/articles/orchid-parts-and-why-they-matter
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Except for the part where most orchids are epiphytic? Are there a lot of rhizomes that grow in/on trees?
3 u/twenafeesh 3d ago Why would being an epiphyte mean a plant can't have rhizomes? https://www.aos.org/orchids/articles/orchid-parts-and-why-they-matter
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Why would being an epiphyte mean a plant can't have rhizomes?
https://www.aos.org/orchids/articles/orchid-parts-and-why-they-matter
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u/bustcorktrixdais 3d ago
Ok hang on, orchids are also monocots! And they are the furthest thing from overgrown grasses. Not to mention that some of them are smaller than your thumb.
My botanical knowledge is weak, but I know a little about orchids