Tag: Orchids

Masai Red

Masai Red

As a little girl in Kenya I remember seeing Masai standing in the markets, one foot lifted and resting on the other knee, red robe draped majestically around them. The red was so deep and crimson.

 

Spider Orchid?: NY Botanical Gardens

Spider Orchid?: NY Botanical Gardens

it reminds me of the critically-endangered ‘Spider Orchid’, a species of orchid native to Australian

 

Slipper Orchid: NY Botanical Gardens

Slipper Orchid: NY Botanical Gardens

The foliage around these orchids is rich, damp and green. Moss forests, waxy, waving leaves and miniature, curling fern-tendrils allude to a vast miniature world ready to be explored.

 

Butterfly Orchid: NY Botanical Gardens

Butterfly Orchid: NY Botanical Gardens

Another gem from the Orchid Show, New York Botanical Gardens. This is a Butterfly Orchid; Psychopsis Kalihi, native to Trinidad, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru.  Share this …

 

Living Jade; the pea family visits the Orchid Show

Living Jade; the pea family visits the Orchid Show

It is certainly not everyday that one sees a flower with petals in such a hue. The stems are equally enchanting in a vibrant spectrum of purple, lilac, lavender and blue all melting into each other.