Floral Resources Used by Euglossini Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Coastal Ecosystems of the Atlantic Forest by L. C. Rocha-Filho, C. Krug, C. I. Silva, C. A. Garófalo

“…In spite of playing an important ecological role as pollinators of tropical ecosystems, orchid bees are still poorly known regarding their floral resources. …”
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Methods for Extracting Immune-Response Modulating Agents of Plant Origin by Oksana V. Kozlova, Natalia S. Velichkovich, Elizaveta R. Faskhutdinova, Olga A. Neverova, Andrey N. Petrov

“…Maceration with methanol was applied to meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) while Soxhlet extraction proved especially effective with smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria), moorland spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata), and greater butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha). …”
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Trans-architecture by Tim Gough

“…It then uses Deleuze and Guattari’s idea of an assemblage to show how this can be done, making reference to the assemblage of the gay seduction scene in Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past and the image of the interplay of orchid and wasp that is inspired by it. The paper concludes by showing how this ontology relates to a specific instance of transing architecture in the gay and SM clubs of Vauxhall, South London.…”
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Oryzalin-induced polyploidy in Vanda limbata (Blume): Phenotypic assessment by Murni Dwiati, Wahyu Nur Hasam, Agus Hery Susanto

“… Background: Vanda limbata is a natural orchid species found on Java Island, commonly known as V. limbata 'Jawa.' …”
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Enantioselective Synthesis of Antiepileptic Drug: (-)-Levetiracetam—Synthetic Applications of the Versatile New Chiral N-Sulfinimine by K. Chandra Babu, R. Buchi Reddy, E. Naresh, K. Ram Mohan, G. Madhusudhan, K. Mukkanti

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Floral Nectary Anatomy and Ultrastructure in Mycoheterotrophic Plant, Epipogium aphyllum Sw. (Orchidaceae) by Emilia Święczkowska, Agnieszka K. Kowalkowska

“…Epipogium aphyllum is a European-Asian obligatory mycoheterotrophic orchid containing no chlorophyll. Flowers are not resupinate with a sack-shape spur and cordate lip, which is divided into two parts: the basal (hypochile) and distal one (epichile). …”
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Illustrating Animals and Visualizing Natural History in Chambers’s Encyclopaedias by Rose Roberto

“…In the 19th century, there was wide-spread public interest in natural history, as reflected in the high attendance at zoos and travelling menageries, in the market for popular field guides, in fashions for orchid collecting, fossil hunting and aquarium building, and in well-attended popular science lectures. …”
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Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses reveal critical gene regulatory network in response to drought stress in Dendrobium nobile Lindl by Chaoyan Lv, Ya He, Zaiqian Jiang, Wenjia Hu, Mei Zhang

“…Abstract Background Dendrobium nobile Lindl belongs to the genus Dendrobium of the orchid family and is a valuable herbal medicine. Drought stress severely affects the growth of D. nobile Lindl; however, the specific regulatory mechanisms have not yet been elucidated. …”
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Vanilla lindmaniana and V. palmarum (Orchidaceae) are distinct allopatric species by Emerson R. Pansarin

“…Species delimitation based on ecological divergencies, plus geographic disjunctions have advanced the current evaluation and understanding of diversity in this economically and ecologically important orchid genus. All evidence reveals that V. lindmaniana is distinct from V. palmarum. …”
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Karyotype Analysis and Genome Size Estimation Using Flow Cytometry of the Genus <i>Encyclia</i> Hook. (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) by Chengcheng Zhou, Qingyun Leng, Jinping Lu, Shisong Xu, Donghui Peng, Junmei Yin, Junhai Niu

“…<i>Encyclia</i> Hook. is a tropical orchid known for its delightful fragrance and distinctive flower shapes, which have been widely used as superior parents for inter and intrageneric breeding. …”
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Coordination of natural and built infrastructure to better manage extreme events: a hydro-finance modeling framework by Hongkai Gao, Reepal Dinesh Shah, Dai Yamazaki, Theodore J Bohn, Glen Low, John Louis Sabo

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Comparative Cytotoxic Activity of Wild Harvested Stems and In Vitro-Raised Protocorms of Dendrobium chryseum Rolfe in Human Cervical Carcinoma and Glioblastoma Cell Lines by Bijaya Pant, Pusp Raj Joshi, Sabitri Maharjan, Laxmi Sen Thakuri, Shreeti Pradhan, Sujit Shah, Sven H. Wagner, Basant Pant

“…Hence, protocorm culture may therefore be a promising future tool for producing pharmacologically bioactive compounds in medicinal orchids. Such sustainable technology approach will minimize the pressure on the natural population of threatened but commercially important medicinal orchids.…”
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PICT: A low‐cost, modular, open‐source camera trap system to study plant–insect interactions by Vincent Droissart, Laura Azandi, Eric Rostand Onguene, Marie Savignac, Thomas B. Smith, Vincent Deblauwe

“…We successfully field‐tested PICT in a Central African rainforest in two contrasting research settings: an insect pollinator survey in the canopy of the African ebony Diospyros crassiflora and the observation of rare pollination events of an epiphytic orchid Cyrtorchis letouzeyi. PICT overcomes many of the limitations commonly associated with CT systems designed to monitor ectotherms. …”
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Evaluation of efficacy and safety of generic tacrolimus (Suprotac®) compared to reference tacrolimus (Prograf^®) in kidney transplantation: a phase IV study by Behzad Einollahi, Mohsen Nafar, Mohammad Javanbakht, Amirhesam Alirezaei, Jalal Azmandian, Abbas Etminan, Mohammad Reza Ardalan, Jalal Etemadi, Roghayeh Akbari, Vahid Pourfarziani, Seyed Sadraddin Rasi Hashemi, Seyed Maryam Rahbar, Shahrzad Shahidi, Javid Safa, Hamid Tayyebi Khosroshahi, Sima Abedi Azar, Shahrzad Ossareh, Abdolamir Atapour, Bahareh Marghoob, Fatemeh Nazemian, Hamidreza Kafi, Araz Sabzvari

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Phalaenopsis Mite, Tenuipalpus pacificus Baker (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae) by Harold A. Denmark

“…It describes the distribution, description, biology, hosts, economic importance and management of this destructive pest of greenhouse orchids. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2006. …”
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Phalaenopsis Mite, Tenuipalpus pacificus Baker (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae) by Harold A. Denmark

“…It describes the distribution, description, biology, hosts, economic importance and management of this destructive pest of greenhouse orchids. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2006. …”
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Boisduval Scale, Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae) by Adriana Espinosa, Heidi Bowman, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges

“…It describes this economically important pest of orchids in Florida — distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, damage, and management. …”
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Boisduval Scale, Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae) by Adriana Espinosa, Heidi Bowman, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges

“…It describes this economically important pest of orchids in Florida — distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, damage, and management. …”
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Expression Analysis and Functional Validation of DcTPSb1 in Terpene Synthesis of <i>Dendrobium chrysotoxum</i> by Yuxuan Jin, Shuting Zhou, Zhihui Du, Weize Wang, Zhilin Chen

“…The classification of DcTPSb1 as a terpene synthase capable of producing multiple products provides valuable insights into the complex biosynthesis of terpenes in orchids. These findings enhance our understanding of the functional diversity of <i>DcTPSb1</i> and the processes involved in terpene biosynthesis in orchids.…”
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Darkwinged Fungus Gnats, Bradysia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Sciaridae) by Frank W. Mead, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…A few species, however, attack healthy tissue of such economic plants as potatoes, wheat, red clover, alfalfa, cultivated mushrooms, pine seedlings, and various ornamentals, including tulip bulbs, ferns, begonias, coleus, geraniums, cacti, young orchids, areca palm, and dracaenas. Sciarids are a problem in Florida greenhouses, mostly concerning injury to plants, but also large numbers of flying gnats being an occasional nuisance to workers. …”
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