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2004-12-26 Atlanta Botanical Garden with Parents

Visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden with my parents and brother Vik who are visiting me in Atlanta during the holiday season.
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    This is a Phalaenopsis (fail-an-op-sis) orchid. Do you know what makes an orchid an orchid? In orchids, the sexual parts of the flower, the stamens and pistils, are fused into a single structure called the 'column.' In the Phalaenopsis orchid shown here, the' column' is in the center of the flower just above the 'lip'. (Caption contributed by Tom Oder.)
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