Orchids

Orchids are among the biggest and most diverse of the flowering plants, with over 800 described genera and 25,000 species. Orchids get their name from the Greek orchis, meaning testicle. The word orchis was first used by Theophrastos, a student of Aristotle considered to be the father of botany and ecology. He mentioned the flower in his book De historia plantarum.(The history of plants).