Still going

Following the arty shot of our orchid at reference 1, a more regular one this morning. Unusual in our limited experience for a showy shop plant to do so well second time around. Will it go on and on?

In the margins of snapping this orchid, I wondered what orchids in general were. What make an orchid different from, say, a buttercup? Asking Bing about orchid taxonomy produces lots of heavy stuff, not helpful in this context. But asking him what makes orchids special produced reference 2, probably the best I am going to do today: '... Orchids have micro-seeds that comprise an embryo and a seed coat. They contain no endosperm, the foodstuff that sustains the seedlings of most plants, such as beans and peas. All orchids have both the male and female reproductive structures fused into a single structure commonly called a "column". ​They have a highly modified petal called lip, or "labellum". They are the largest family of the plants. ​Their fruit can contain up to 4,000,000 micro-seeds ...'. Four million seems rather a lot. Do ferns have that many spores?

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/06/orchid.html.

Reference 2: https://www.cambodianorchid.com/.