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#orchid — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #orchid, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Autumn Lady's-tresses orchid, near #Bath this weekend. They were late this year, but came out in abundance after a few days of rain.
    #Nature #Wildlife #Orchid #Wildflower #WildflowerHour #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

  2. Autumn Lady's-tresses orchid, near #Bath this weekend. They were late this year, but came out in abundance after a few days of rain.
    #Nature #Wildlife #Orchid #Wildflower #WildflowerHour #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

  3. Autumn Lady's-tresses orchid, near #Bath this weekend. They were late this year, but came out in abundance after a few days of rain.
    #Nature #Wildlife #Orchid #Wildflower #WildflowerHour #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

  4. Autumn Lady's-tresses orchid, near #Bath this weekend. They were late this year, but came out in abundance after a few days of rain.
    #Nature #Wildlife #Orchid #Wildflower #WildflowerHour #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

  5. Orchid's nutrient theft from #fungi sheds light on photosynthesis-parasitism continuum phys.org/news/2025-02-orchid-n paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    "When the #orchid Oreorchis patens happens to grow close to rotten wood, it shifts its fungal #symbionts to those that decompose the wood and significantly increases the amount of nutrients it takes from them—without ceasing to employ photosynthesis. As a result, the #plants are bigger and produce more #flowers."