Higher classification Orchids | Family Orchidaceae Scientific name Polystachya Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Polystachya concreta, Polystachya maculata, Polystachya laxiflora, Polystachya victoriae, Polystachya superposita | ||
A visit with hoya polystachya
Polystachya, abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae. It contains about 100 species widespread across much of the tropical parts of the globe.
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Ixia polystachya african corn lily
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