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We were told that our new plant would retain its flowers for months but then wither. This one grew a new stem, with buds. I have used it here to see if I could stack several photos to get the entire flower in focus.
Pink Orchid
Nikon D-7000 Camera
Nikon 55mm F/2.8 Macro Lens
ISO !00
Aperture F/11
Shutter Speed 1.3 sec.
Sideways, in profile.
Cypripedium calceolus is a lady's-slipper orchid.
For nearly four centuries, gardeners and botanists have collected the species to near extinction: as early as 1629 – when the species was first documented by botanists – it was being collected for gardens, and such the uprooting havs continued ever since.
By the second half of the twentieth century, just a single plant survived in a secret site, following the loss of a second population near Leyburn that fell prey to collectors as late as 1956.
Only recently has the species' fortunes in Britain been reversed, following an introduction programme that has planted out cultivated seedlings in as many as 16 sites in a girdle across northern England, from Morecambe Bay to the Durham shores.
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Orchid hybrid seedling Zygoneria Adelaide Meadows x Beenak Jester x Artur Elle 'Essendon' flowering for the first time.
The 5th seedling to flower from a flask of amboinensis PM 100 purchased from Ching Hua Orchids. I like the dark bars/bands on this flower and it is a pretty good size (ns 5.3 cm) for a 1st-bloom seedling. The form is not great.
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I like how long lasting orchid flowers are, this potted orchid was given to us in early autumn about about 5 months ago, but it lasted all winter.
The last few minutes of sunshine pierced through the window, illuminating the flowers on my coffee table. I pointed the phone to include the black leather couch as a dark background to highlight the flower. Simple.
Longwood Gardens.
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