David Haelterman: The black orchid is a myth but some species have such dark wine red flowers that one would almost believe it exists. Very dark Pleurothallis cordata in situ, 2200 m asl, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. Cell phone pic.
David Haelterman: Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis lip, dark variety with very good shape. I don't like to use flash and almost never do, but I tried to see... Too much light reverberation for me, in this case showing how glistening can be this species, that allows more sharpness
M.P.N.texan: Pithocellobium
David Haelterman: Cattleya lueddemanniana blooming at home. Though it is not its national flower (which is Cattleya mossiae), for me this is the queen of orchids of Venezuela (from where it is endemic). This lip makes me think about a lava flow on the flanks of a volcano.
David Haelterman: Scaphosepalum decorum, a darker variety compared to my other plant. One of my preferred specie in this genus, with a 5 cm big flowers. Again a colombian endemic (among more than 1500 species), from Cauca and Nariño departments in temperate-fresh climate
pflanzenflüsterer: Pleurothallis scoparum 8364-1; Orchidaceae (1)
pflanzenflüsterer: Cochliostema odoratissimum; Commelinaceae (1)
alcides OTA: Pomegranate - Grenade
M.P.N.texan: Bromeliad
Nonsmokinjoe57: Encyclia patens
David Haelterman: Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis, average variety with good shape. I don't like to use flash and almost never do, but I tried to see... Too much light reverberation for me, in this case showing how glistening can be this species, but that allows more sharpness.
David Haelterman: Cyrtochilum cf. sodiroi (almost always misidentified as Cyrtochilum ramosissimum, an endemic species from Venezuela) during an EXCEPTIONAL 14 DAYS TOUR I guided for the French Orchid Federation (235 WILD ORCHID SPECIES BLOOMING) in Colombia. Cauca dept.
David Haelterman: Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis, dark variety with very good shape. I don't like to use flash and almost never do, but I tried to see... Too much light reverberation for me, in this case showing how glistening can be this species, but that allows more sharpness
pflanzenflüsterer: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea 2949-1; Nymphaeaceae (2)
pflanzenflüsterer: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea 2949-1; Nymphaeaceae (1)
Nonsmokinjoe57: Coelogyne rochusenii
annkelliott: Quesnelia sp., Calgary Zoo
David Haelterman: The black orchid is a myth but some species have such dark wine red flowers that one would almost believe it exists. Very dark Pleurothallis cordata in situ, 2200 m asl, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. Cell phone pic.
douneika: Oncidium excavatum (Vitekorchis excavata)
douneika: Cattleya trianae x percivaliana
douneika: Oncidium excavatum (Vitekorchis excavata)
douneika: Cycnodes
douneika: Cycnodes
douneika: Stanhopea Shinjik
douneika: Stanhopea Shinjik
douneika: Stanhopea Shinjik
douneika: Stanhopea Shinjik
douneika: Stanhopea Shinjik
douneika: Stanhopea Shinjik
David Haelterman: Cattleya lueddemanniana blooming at home. Though it is not its national flower (which is Cattleya mossiae), for me this is the queen of orchids of Venezuela (from where it is endemic). This lip makes me think about a lava flow on the flanks of a volcano.