Orchidaceae : The Second Largest Family of Flowering Plants

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8-2L3f45vIywGxAtxexO5bUKVLrK6F5cebddjQbZxk2Vd86F6VFxT1DxVTNcwHnSd1B78CAEGVRqm8uTX69p2aqVOqVjYuatn1qb96T99FOhADQAfGxLZsjx5si31q36uiqPO6f3gM0/s1600/orchid-beautiful-photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8-2L3f45vIywGxAtxexO5bUKVLrK6F5cebddjQbZxk2Vd86F6VFxT1DxVTNcwHnSd1B78CAEGVRqm8uTX69p2aqVOqVjYuatn1qb96T99FOhADQAfGxLZsjx5si31q36uiqPO6f3gM0/s200/orchid-beautiful-photos.jpg" width="199"></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Orchidaceae</b>, commonly referred to as the <b>Orchid family</b> also known as a box, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order <i>Asparagales</i>. It is currently believed to be the second largest family of flowering plants (only the Asteraceae is larger), with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species, found in 880 genera. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br> </div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The number of <b>orchid species</b> equals more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. It also </span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div>

Orchidaceae , commonly referred to as the Orchid family also known as a box, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots...