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The popular Paphiopedilums, often abbreviated Paph, are flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name Paphiopedilum is derived from Greek word paphius and pedilon, wich means shoes. The populair name for Paphiopedilum is Lady Slipper.
It contains about 80 accepted species nowadays, some of which are natural hybrids.
Paphiopedilum orchids are mostly terrestrial and sometimes grow as epiphytes plants and originate from the jungles of the Far East like India, South China, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippenes and Indonesia.
The total orchid family is currently believed to be the second largest family of flowering plants with between 22,000 and 26,000 currently accepted species, found in 880 genera.
This picture is taken in the "Orchideeënhoeve" (Orchid Farm) in Luttelgeest, the Netherlands.
De paphiopedilum-soorten zijn zeer geliefd bij orchideeënliefhebbers wegens hun ongewone bloemvormen en omdat ze vrij eenvoudig te kweken zijn. Er zijn ongeveer 80 erkende soorten.
De totale orchideefamilie is met 22.000 en 26.000 soorten momenteel vermoedelijk de op een na grootste familie van bloeiende planten in 880 geslachten.
De botanische naam Paphiopedilum is ontleend aan Paphos, een stad op het eiland Cyprus, en van het Oud-Griekse podilon (schoen). De paphiopedilums worden daarom ook vaak venusschoentjes of vrouwenschoentjes genoemd vanwege de schoenvormige opgezwollen lip.
De paphiopedilums groeien soms epifytisch op andere planten en zijn afkomstig uit de jungles van het Verre Oosten zoals India, Zuid-China, Birma, Thailand, Maleisië, Cambodja, Vietnam, Filippijnen en Indonesië.
Deze orchidee is gefotografeerd in de Orchideeënhoeve in Luttelgeest (Flevoland, Noordoostpolder).
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This is probably the most photographed cove at Watson Lake, but from the Peavine Trail high above behind me. This morning, several ducks invited me down to water level, but then swam away before I could snap them. I realized then the cove appears much wider from this angle...and more peaceful.
Who doesn't like to take a photo of probably THE most popular form of transportation in all of Walt Disney World. This is probably my most photographed form of Disney transportation and I bet I have hundreds of photos, most likely in every color. Is the monorail your favorite. Please enjoy and have a magical day!
Car: Ford Escort Popular.
Date of first registration: 12th March 1980.
Region of registration: Huddersfield.
Latest recorded mileage: 43,645 (MOT 13th March 2019).
Date taken: 19th May 2019.
Location: Cardiff, UK.
Album: Classics in Cardiff May 2019
Highest Explore Position #373 ~ On Saturday May 30th 2009.
Atlantic Puffin - Farne Islands, Northumberland, England - Tuesday May 27th 2009.
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Well, a bonus image tonight as I have thousands of photo's from my 5 days away...and could end up still posting them come Christmas..lol
Especially as I could get a few hundred more images if I find somewhere to go over the weekend during my trip back home to Colchester..:)
Sooooo...I hope your all having a wonderful evening / night wherever you may be..:)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird species in the auk family. It is a pelagic bird that feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans. Its most obvious characteristic is its brightly coloured beak during the breeding seasons. Also known as the Common Puffin, it is the only puffin species which is found in the Atlantic Ocean. The curious appearance of the bird, with its colourful huge bill and its striking piebald plumage, has given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the ocean" and "sea parrot".
Description ~ The Atlantic Puffin is 28–34 cm (11-13.5 in) in length, with a 50–60 cm (20-24 in) wingspan. The male is generally slightly larger than the female, but they are coloured alike. This bird is mainly black above and white below, with gray to white cheeks and red-orange legs. The bill is large and triangular, and during the breeding season is bright orange with a patch of blue bordered by yellow at the rear. The characteristic bright orange bill plates grow before the breeding season and are shed after breeding. The bills are used in courtship rituals, such as the pair tapping their bills together. During flight, it appears to have grey round underwings and a white body; it has a direct flight low over the water. The related Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) from the North Pacific looks very similar but has slightly different head ornaments.
The Atlantic Puffin is typically silent at sea, except for soft purring sounds it sometimes makes in flight. At the breeding colonies the birds make a deep growl
Distribution and ecology ~ This species breeds on the coasts of northern Europe, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and eastern North America, from well within the Arctic Circle to northern France and Maine. The winter months are spent at sea far from land - in Europe as far south as the Mediterranean, and in North America to North Carolina.
About 95% of the Atlantic puffins in North America breed around Newfoundland's coastlines. The largest puffin colony in the western Atlantic (estimated at more than 260,000 pairs) can be found at the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, south of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Predators of the Atlantic Puffin include the Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), the Great Skua (Stercorarius skua), and similar-sized species, which can catch a puffin in flight, or pick off one separated from the colony. Smaller gull species like the Herring Gull (L. argentatus) which are hardly able to bring down a healthy adult puffin, take eggs or recently hatched chicks, and will also steal fish.
Diet ~ Feeding areas are often located 100 km (60 mi) offshore from the nest or more, though when provisioning young the birds venture out only half that distance. Atlantic Puffins can dive for distances of up to 70 m (200 ft) and are propelled by their powerful wings, which are adapted for swimming. They use their webbed feet as a rudder while submerged. Puffins collect several small fish, such as herring, sprats, zooplankton, fish (shellfish), sand eels, when hunting. They use their tongues to hold the fish against spines in their palate, leaving their beaks free to open and catch more fish. A popular, but untrue, story claims that puffins neatly line up the fish in their bills with the heads facing alternate ways. Additional components of their diet are crustaceans and mollusks. A puffin can sometimes have a dozen or more fish in its beak at once.
Reproduction ~ Atlantic Puffins are colonial nesters, using burrows on grassy cliffs. They can face competition from other burrow nesting animals such as Rabbits, Manx Shearwaters and occasionally Razorbills. They will also nest amongst rocks and scree. Male puffins perform most of the work of clearing out the nest area, which is sometimes lined with grass, feathers or seaweed. The only time spent on land is to nest. Mates are found prior to arriving at the colonies, and mating takes place at sea.
The Atlantic Puffin is sexually mature at the age of 4–5 years. The species is monogamous and has biparental care. A single-egg clutch is produced each year, and incubation responsibilities are shared between both parents. Total incubation time is around 39–45 days, and the chick takes about 49 days to fledge. At fledging, the chick leaves the burrow alone, and flies/swims out to sea, usually during the evening. Contrary to popular belief, young puffins are not abandoned by their parents (although this does occur in some other seabirds, such as shearwaters). Synchronous laying of eggs is found in Atlantic Puffins in adjacent burrows.
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This is not one of the acrobatic scenes from the Matrix trilogy or any other action film. It's a scene from a sepak takraw match, a particularly popular sport in Southeast Asia. Essentially a net game played with feet, sepak takraw is a hybrid of football soccer and volleyball with a bit of gymnastics and kung fu thrown in. Countless variations of the game are played throughout the region, but the basic objective of each is to keep the hollow, grapefruit-sized ball from touching the ground by keeping it airborne with the feet, knees, head, shoulders, elbows - or almost every part of the body, except the hands. Sepak takraw or kick volleyball is a sport native to Southeast Asia, resembling volleyball, except that it uses a rattan ball and only allows players to use their feet, knee, chest and head to touch the ball. It is a popular sport in Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and Indonesia. In Lao the call it twine and kick while in Thailand it is called takraw. Similar games include footbag net, footvolley, football tennis, Bossaball, jianzi and sipa. Sepak is the Malay word for kick Takraw is the Thai word for the hand-woven ball originally used in the game. So the game is essentially kick ball.
Photo of kids playing a game of Sepak takraw taken in Kieng Than Lei. This little village is located on the Bolaven Plateau and is a great place to explore some of the lesser-known areas of the southern region of Laos. The area surrounding it is very peaceful, scenic and no other tourists to be found.
The first sepak takraw ball was made out of rattan. Most rattans differ from other palms in having slender stems, 2–5 cm diameter, with long internodes between the leaves. The sepak takraw ball shall be spherical in shape, made nowadays of synthetic fiber or one woven layer. In Bangkok, murals at Wat Phra Keow which was built in 1785, depict the Hindu god Hanuman playing sepak takraw in a ring with a troop of monkeys. Other historical accounts mention the game earlier during the reign of King Naresuan 1590 – 1605 of Ayutthaya. The game remained in its circle form for hundreds of years, and the modern version of sepak takraw began taking shape in Thailand sometime during early 1740s. In 1866 the Siam Sports Association drafted the first rules for takraw competition.
Car: Ford Popular.
Year of manufacture: 1953.
Date of first registration in the UK: 1st December 1987.
Region of registration: Kincardineshire.
Latest recorded mileage: 5,214 (MOT 13th June 2012).
Date of last V5 issued: 2nd September 2020.
Date taken: 8th February 2015.
Location: Queen Square, Bristol, UK.