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ShareOrchids are among the largest and most diverse of the flowering plant families, with over 800 described genera and 25,000 species.
Orchids are truly flowers of superlatives.
Even a complete layman in botany is awed by the beauty of orchids.
No plant family has as many different flowers as the orchid family.
For more information about the topic Orchidaceae, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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