The Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii) is a perennial hemicryptophyte from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ...

Synonyms include :

• Aeranthes lindenii (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 902 (1864).
• Angraecum lindenii Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1846(1): 135 (1846).
• Polyrrhiza lindenii (Lindl.) Cogn. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 680 (1910).
• Polyradicion lindenii (Lindl.) Garay, J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 467 (1969). (This name is still used by many authors).

It’s epithet ‘lindenii’ is derived from its discoverer the Belgian plant collector Jean Jules Linden who saw this orchid for the first time in Cuba in 1844. Much later it was also discovered in the Everglades in Florida.. An Anhinga perched on the boardwalk railing The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. ... State nickname: Sunshine State, Everglade State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...

Other common names include : Palm Polly, and White Frog Orchid.

This orchid is an epiphyte, anchored in a network of large, tangled mass on a tree. It is found in moist, swampy forests in SW Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba. An example of an epiphyte assemblage of orchids and bromeliads in a garden setting The term epiphyte refers to any plant that grows upon or attached to another living plant. ...

This is a very rare orchid in nature and is considered imperiled. They are seldom seen in collections and are being sold for a high price. But cultivation of this orchid has proven to be unsuccesful outside its habitat. This orchid is listed on the Appendix II of CITES and is fully protected by Florida state and federal protection laws. The term habitat has a number of unrelated meanings: A concept in Ecology: see habitat. ... The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between Governments, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). ...

This orchid is an exceptional monocot, as it lacks a stem and the leaves have been reduced to scales. It consists only of flat, cord-like, green roots. These roots are used for moisture absorption and their chloroplasts for photosynthesis. The outer layer, the velamen, takes care of acquiring the nutrients and the water uptake. It also protects the inner layers. Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... In common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... For other meanings of root, see Root (disambiguation). ... Chloroplasts stuff my mom raped are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae which conduct photosynthesis. ... Leaf. ... Special adaptations of roots are found among epiphytic or semi-epiphytic plants such as Orchid sp. ...

This orchid blossoms between June and August, with one to ten fragrant flowers that open one at a time. The white flower is 3-4cm wide and 7-9cm long and is borne on spikes arising from the root network. The lower lip produces two long, petals that twist slightly downward, resembling a typical Chinese mustache or the back legs of a jumping frog. They have scarious bracts. Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... For the petals of chakras, see Petal (chakra). ... Toothed bracts on Rhinanthus minor In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, from the axil of which a flower or flower stalk arises; or a bract may be any leaf associated with an inflorescence. ...

Since the roots of this orchid blend so well with the tree, it looks like there’s just the white flower floating in the air. Hence its name, the Ghost Orchid.

Pollination is by the moth Giant Sphinx (Cocytius antaeus), the only local insect with a long enough proboscis. In general, a proboscis is an elongated appendage of a living organism. ...

External link

• World Checklist of Monocotyledons; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (http://www.kew.org/monocotChecklist/namedetail.do?accepted_id=60154&repSynonym_id=9502&name_id=60154&status=true)
• The Ghost Orchid (http://www.uhaul.com/supergraphics/orchid/index-flash.html)