Tag: orchid
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Ephemeral flower
That is, until one day, suddenly, she opened the doors of her cathedral to me, ten years after our first meeting.
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What? Hybrid?
When two species such as C. eldorado and C. violacea, despite having different flowering times, due to special circumstances…
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Dark wonder
The orchid receives exotic names such as ‘dark wonder’ or ‘dark warrior’ for its petals and dark burgundy sepals.
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An angel
An orchid with open arms, wings and even aureola, a protective angel of nature. I ask myself, again I ask myself, I always ask myself:
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Little fairy
The inevitable question always comes to my mind: who designed you? so perfect! so harmoniously proportioned!
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A minute violet dot
A minute violet dot about 40 meters high from an adult and healthy kapok tree, there it was, enjoying the shade of a very sunny afternoon.
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Immaculate beauty
In Central America, it is popularly known as “orquídea de la Virgen Maria” and, certainly, its immaculate beauty justifies
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Bifrenaria rudolfii
In this photographic version, the foreground was then isolated to reduce background brightness and thus allow the main
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Aphrodisiac perfume
This orchid (Catasetum barbatum) it is unique in having male, female, and hermaphroditic flowers, pollinated by male Euglossine bees.
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Priestess flower
I had obtained authorization to photograph in an area reserved for research, INPA’s Campina Reserve. I had all day to flutter between
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Perfect symmetry
The perfect symmetry of the flower suggests a very complex geometry, which can even be carried on an architect’s drawing board. But
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Cattleya eldorado
It is mainly present in campinas, in areas of high luminosity, preferentially vegetating on macucu (Aldina heterophylla).
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Ballerina orquid
Notice the arms crossed above the head and the legs, as if standing on tiptoe. Who drew you, dancer?
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Poet’s orchid
The wooer came, adding more wonders. Yes, the courtier comes to flower to perfume himself, as this is part of his mating ritual.
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Inebriating perfume
The discovery of a flowering orchid in the treetops is a celebration. I once stood in the canopy for several hours,
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Blue orchid
The orchid like very much to grow near waterfalls, like in the picture, taken near the Neblina waterfall,