Purple and green Ladyslipper Orchid at the Singapore Botanical Garden by Batz Gallery
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Bronica SQ-A, Zenzanon-PS 110mm f4.5, Portra 400
Orchid variety- lady slipper
Paphiopedilum, often called the Venus slipper, is a genus of the Lady slipper orchid subfamily Cypripedioideae of the flowering plant family Orchidaceae. The genus comprises some 80 accepted taxa including several natural hybrids. The genus is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, New Guinea and the Solomon and Bismarck Islands. The species and their hybrids are extensively cultivated, and are known as either paphiopedilums, or by the abbreviation paphs in horticulture.
Paphiopedilum species naturally occur among humus layers as terrestrials on the forest floor, while a few are true epiphytes and some are lithophytes. These sympodial orchids lack pseudobulbs. Instead, they grow robust shoots, each with several leaves; some are hemicryptophytes. The leaves can be short and rounded or long and narrow and typically have a mottled pattern. When older shoots die, newer ones take over. Each new shoot only blooms once when it is fully grown, producing a raceme between the fleshy, succulent leaves. The roots are thick and fleshy. Potted plants form a tight lump of roots that can be up to 1 m long. Members of this genus are highly collectible due to the curious and unusual form of their flowers.
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Orchid variety taken at the botanical garden in Washington DC.
die Damen mussten noch einmal vor die Kamera
Thunbergia mysorensis (Mysore trumpetvine) growing along the Pekoe Trail, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule). Wagon Train Trail, Brasstown Bald, Chattahoochee National Forest, Towns County, Georgia.
Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule). Fort Mountain State Park, Murray County, Georgia.
The Lady Slipper. Minnesota's State Flower. Postcard.
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This lady slipper orchid belonged to my father. At the age of ninety-two, he decided to stop working in the greenhouse he had built onto his garage when I was young.
I rescued a few of the remaining plants by bringing them to my home. This orchid rewarded me by blooming in my living room.
Spirit Sands Trail, Spruce Woods Provincial Park. Manitoba.
Spirit Sands Trail, Spruce Woods Provincial Park. Manitoba.
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Paphiopedilum Shireen est un hybride primaire = (Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum × Paphiopedilum philippinense ) enregistré par Singapore Botanic Garden en 1963
I saw this at the greenhouse and couldn't pass it up !
