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Orchidaceae

 11-Capsules

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The basic fruit type of the Orchidaceae is a loculicidal capsule. In this example, you can see the persistent corollas at the tips of the inferior ovaries; the capsules dehisce through the lateral locules but the tips of the capsules do not split away.
Photo taken by K. R. Robertson from a plant cultivated at the Illinois Natural History Survey.
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