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Caladenia tentaculata
Australian Terrestrial Orchid
Flowers about about 50mm high
photographed 7-10-07
Location: Abercrombie caves, 50 km south of Bathurst, NSW Australia
Growing in a dry open woodland
Taken in La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
This genus is distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia ) and northern Australia. The larger flowered species from which the large flowered hybrids are derived grow at high altitudes. They have been cultivated for thousands of years, especially in China. Cymbidiums became popular in Europe during the Victorian era.
Source: Wikipedia
I do love orchids. Show me one and I'll photograph it. This was from my lunch trip to Chinatown yesterday.
I don't have a macro lens for my Sony/Minolta DSLRs, but this lens does a pretty good job of getting close.
Pink orchid found in my neighborhood on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Captured this beautiful image of a yellow orchid in bloom this afternoon. This image is completely unedited, as it came out the camera.
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Orchids: A Cultural Odyssey. Exhibition at the United States Botanic Garden from February 6– April 11, 2010.
The United States Botanic Garden is rooted in the nation’s heritage. During the late 18th century, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison shared the dream of a national botanic garden and were instrumental in establishing one on the National Mall in 1820.
The institution actually traces its beginning to 1816, when the constitution of the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C., proposed the creation of a botanic garden to collect, grow, and distribute plants of this and other countries that might contribute to the welfare of the American people. The Institute's garden was established by Congress in 1820 to the west of the Capitol Grounds, from First Street to Third Street between Pennsylvania and Maryland Avenues. This facility functioned until shortly after the organization stopped holding meetings in 1837.
In 1842, the idea of a national botanic garden was reestablished when the United States Exploring Expedition to the South Seas (the Wilkes Expedition) brought to Washington a collection of living plants from around the globe. Initially placed in a specially constructed greenhouse behind the Old Patent Office Building, the plants were moved in late 1850 into a new structure on the site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute's garden.
In continuous operation and open to the public since 1850, the Botanic Garden moved to its present location in 1933, a complex located along the north and south sides of Independence Avenue bordered by First Street and Third Streets, S.W. The Garden includes the Conservatory; the National Garden, which opened in 2006; and Bartholdi Park, which was created in 1932. A plant production and support facility opened in Anacostia in 1993 includes greenhouse bays and maintenance shops.
The U.S. Botanic Garden was formally placed under the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress in 1856 and has been administered through the Office of the Architect of the Capitol since 1934. The Architect of the Capitol has served as Acting Director of the United States Botanic Garden and is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Garden and for any construction, changes, or improvements made.