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[[Image:Orchid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An orchid of genus ''Ansellia'']]
 
An '''orchid''' is any of the [[flowering plant]]s of the [[baraminology|family]] Orchidaceae.  The [[flower]] of an orchid is bilaterally rather than radially [[symmetry|symmetrical]], with one petal formed as a lip-like structure.  While most of the better known orchids are [[tropics|tropical]] and epiphytic, some, such as the bletilla, grow in the [[soil]] in [[temperate]] areas.  Orchids are grown as house plants and as a source of cut flowers; also the vanilla orchid is the source of the flavoring [[vanilla]].
 
An '''orchid''' is any of the [[flowering plant]]s of the [[baraminology|family]] Orchidaceae.  The [[flower]] of an orchid is bilaterally rather than radially [[symmetry|symmetrical]], with one petal formed as a lip-like structure.  While most of the better known orchids are [[tropics|tropical]] and epiphytic, some, such as the bletilla, grow in the [[soil]] in [[temperate]] areas.  Orchids are grown as house plants and as a source of cut flowers; also the vanilla orchid is the source of the flavoring [[vanilla]].
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