#orchid
Congrats to me somehow making a new oc that nicely fits the bastard squad:tm: ( Orchid, Rose, Corkscrew, and Lily )
Welcome Heliconia, a demon general straight from hell!
Orchid’s rival ( and love interest ?! ) who, despite being completely unmatched in power, spared him for some reason…?
You’ll learn more about him in time… I’m obsessed with him currently
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Striped Coralroot, Corallorhiza striata (Orchidaceae).
#coralroot #stripedcoralroot #corallorhiza #corallorhizastriata #orchid #orchidaceae #plants #flowers #botany #wildflowers #plantid #plantidentification (at Leavenworth, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByloyiUA1L_/?igshid=14533u3hxj1mc
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Spotted Coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata (Orchidaceae).
#orchid #spottedcoralroot #coralroot #corallorhizamaculata #plants #flowers #botany #plantid #plantidentification (at Leavenworth, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjoSSYAlF4/?igshid=1xfza8mjixv8n
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Hello, gorgeous! This is my most favorite wildflower Calypso Orchid, Calypso bulbosa (Orchidaceae).
#calypsoorchid #orchid #calypsobulbosa #orchidaceae #flowers #botany #wildflowers #flowerphotography #naturephotography (at Leavenworth, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxv7RrmFvyb/?igshid=1exvnqfoxgykz
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Not only does it stink, but part of this orchid resembles wriggling maggots. A great gift!
This specimen of Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis, charmingly nicknamed “Bucky,” once nearly shut down a @smithsoniangardens greenhouse for DAYS because of its stench.
When it was first donated to us, few people outside Asia had seen the species, though it is recorded in early writings as smelling like “a thousand dead elephants rotting in the sun.”
Bucky’s species (originally from Papua New Guinea) targets female carrion flies as pollinators, with a flower head that has a cluster of 15 to 20 meat-colored flowers covered with fleshy projections. If that weren’t enough, it evolved to have a fragrance that matches its appearance.
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Eulophia callichroma is an interesting terrestrial orchid from several African countries including Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Eulophia is one of my favorite orchid genera as many of its species break the expected norm that orchids require warm, humid, tropical sorts of places. While not the most extreme species in the genus (Eulophia petersii is noted as being the ‘desert orchid’ after all), it still does an impressive job thriving in rocky landscapes and forests in the slightly wetter end of the mediterranean climate range with a very harshly pronounced dry season. Swollen stems known as pseudobulbs store water and nutrients and will slowly shrivel through the dry season to be replenished when rain again falls. Like many other Eulophia, it requires a dry winter to bloom, and this species is noted as often blooming following a period of fire. In such dry climates it is quite natural for many native species to be adapted to and ultimately benefit from occasional fires. Unfortunately the introduction of non-native species and human intervention in the progress of wildfires often results in more severe fires which threaten not only human establishment but also surpass what fire-adapted species are able to tolerate.
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Early purple orchid surrounded by bluebells #orchids #orchid #bluebells #wildflowers #flowers
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Vanda tessellata ‘Friendship’ CCE, AM/AOS
So proud of my plant :) It is an albino or xanthic form of a species which normally is dark in colour.
I named it to honour some dear friends of mine. My friends took this photo when it was awarded
I don’t submit my plants for judging. I was a member of the AOS from age 11-21 and I have seen the system; I don’t need anyone to judge my plants (and charge $75 per award wtf?!) as I can do that myself and besides the photos speak for themselves.
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