orchids in the subfamily Cypripedioideae (Slipper Orchids)

[Lizgeo]

Interesting. Is there any information on the timing of orchid family evolution?

[Ron-NY]

Interesting. Is there any information on the timing of orchid family evolution?

Orchidaceae may be one of the oldest families of flowering plants. There was found preserved in amber a bee with orchid pollen mass stuck to it's back. It was dated from the Late Cretaceous Period, some 76-84 million years ago million years old. So orchids were here during the age of dinosaurs.