| Equitant |
| With leaves overlapping and arranged in two ranks or rows. |
Last Updated: 04-23-2006 @ 04:04 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Fimbriate |
(FIM-bree-ayt)
Finely fringed, as the margin of the labellum. |
Last Updated: 06-28-2006 @ 12:10 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Flask |
A glass container or similar vessel which contains a nutrient agar media. Flasks must maintain a sterile environment and are used in the sowing and germination of orchid seeds and the subsequent replating of orchid seedlings.
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Last Updated: 05-16-2006 @ 07:02 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Flasking |
(FLASS-king)
The process of sowing orchid seed or transplanting seedlings into a flask. |
Last Updated: 10-12-2008 @ 01:29 AM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Floriferousness |
| The degree of flower-bearing in relation to the typical. |
Last Updated: 01-26-2008 @ 04:51 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Footcandle |
(FOOT-kan-del)
A unit of illumination equivalent to that produced by a standard candle at the distance of one foot. |
Last Updated: 10-12-2008 @ 01:33 AM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Gene |
(JEEN)
A portion of a chromosome which is a physical unit concerned with the transmission and development of a hereditary character. |
Last Updated: 01-31-2013 @ 01:47 AM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Genus |
(plural: genera)
A natural group of closely related plant Species with similarities in flower form and often in general appearance, growth habit, and cultural requirements. A Genus may include from one to a thousand or more Species. The name of the Genus is the first word in the two-part Latin plant name. |
Last Updated: 04-23-2006 @ 04:05 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Ghost Type |
| A maudiae-type paphiopedilum which displays albinistic white flowers with cream to yellow coloring and no green. Instead of the usual green stripes on a white dorsal with green petals and pouch, the normally green areas are converted to pale yellow or cream. |
Last Updated: 05-19-2015 @ 03:46 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Glabrous |
| Having a surface without hairs or projections. |
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| Glaucous |
| A surface covered with fine white hairs or powder that gives a bluish-green appearance. |
Last Updated: 04-23-2006 @ 04:06 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Grex |
| A term used to refer to the group of progeny derived from a specific cross. |
Last Updated: 04-23-2006 @ 04:06 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Guttation |
(GUT-tay-shun)
Guttation is the exudation of drops of xylem sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants.
Guttation fluid may contain a variety of organic and inorganic compounds, mainly sugars, and mineral nutrients, and potassium. |
Last Updated: 10-16-2014 @ 01:51 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Haploid |
| Cells bear one copy of each chromosome. |
Last Updated: 04-23-2006 @ 04:07 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Harlequin |
Most commonly used to describe a phalaenopsis color type originally resulting from the mutation of mericloned Phal. Golden Peoker.
Harlequin phalaenopsis typically exhibit asymmetrical spotting and heavier substance with dark beet-purple pigments.
Often the heavier the color saturation, the poorer the shape.
In most cases Harlequin phalaenopsis are longer lasting than standard white phalaenopsis in same growing condition. |
Last Updated: 11-17-2007 @ 01:51 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Herbarium |
| An institution in which dried plant specimens are preserved and where research into plants and their taxonomy and ecology takes place. |
Last Updated: 04-23-2006 @ 04:07 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| Heterosis |
| Hybrid vigor, or the increased strength and the tolerance of varying conditions that are often found in the offspring of different species or genera. |
Last Updated: 08-02-2006 @ 11:58 AM Submitted By: Tindomul1of9
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| HID |
High Intensity Discharge lights.
A general term for mercury, metal halide and high-pressure sodium lamps. HID lamps contain compact arc tubes which enclose various gases and metal salts operating at relatively high pressures and temperatures. |
Last Updated: 07-20-2006 @ 11:08 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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| HPS (High Pressure Sodium) |
| A high intensity discharge (HID) lamp in which the light is produced by igniting sodium, mercury and xenon gases within a sealed ceramic arc tube. Sodium lamps emit light energy in the yellow, orange and red regions of the spectrum; the red spectrum stimulates flowering and fruit production. |
Last Updated: 07-20-2006 @ 11:12 PM Submitted By: Oscarman
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