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RE: Botanical Garden Tours - #027 : Polygala Myrtifolia - The Myrtle-leaf Milkwort
Hi @adalger that flower is beautiful, the bright purple gives it a lot of life, it looks like an exotic plant, could it be a family of orchids? It has a certain resemblance to them. Greetings, nice to read you.
Actually they are quite far away from orchides. The only thing they have in common, regarding to classification, is that they are in the clade of the angiosperms, which are the flowering plants in general ^^ but actually this special species of the Polygala looks really similiar to orchides.. Also the family of the Orchidaceae (orchides) are native everywhere in the world. The family of the Polygala is only there in South Africa 😉
I understand, they are beautiful, thank you for complementing the information, greetings.
You are welcome 😁