EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Orchids can be found throughout the world, and can survive in different kind of habitats. Most species live in tropical rainforests, but they can also be found close to the Arctic Circle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Orchids eat fungus. Orchids may rely solely on this fungal nutrition source for years before they grow large enough to photosynthesize; some orchids never produce green leaves and live off their fungi for their entire lives.

Detailed explanation-3: -Orchids found in the Amazon rain forest include Cattleya eldorado, Cattleya violacea, Oncidium lanceanum, Oncidium cebolleta and many brassias, catasetums, encyclias and epidendrums.

Detailed explanation-4: -Their epiphytic way of life gives these plants advantages in the rainforest; allowing them access to more direct sunlight, a greater number of canopy animal pollinators, and the possibility of dispersing their seeds via wind.