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HABITS

Orchids have two types of growth: sympodial, with lateral shoots, and monopodial, with terminal growth in a single axis.
In many sympodial orchids, the stem may consist of a horizontal portion, the rhizome, and a thickened vertical portion, the pseudobulb. In monopodial orchids, the stem is elongated, with no rhizome or pseudobulbs.

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