#sepals

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Black | White | Green ~

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[angelnumber27]

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)

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[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 5 November 2019

The amazing branched flowers of the South African native Knowltonia capensis (blistering leaves). This is a slow-growing, herbaceous perennial with a short rhizome and fleshy roots. The flowers consist of creamy-green sepals with no petals. It grows naturally on the edge of forests and so thrives in a shaded location and here was in the protection of a cool glasshouse.

Jill Raggett

[conspectusargosy]

I’ve grown this Oncidium for 2 years since I bought them coming into a small bloom of 6 flowers. My first rebloom after that time has two extensive sprays of flowers which smell amazing like a blend of jasmine, chocolate, and vanilla. I have no ID for this plant, since it is an unnamed complex hybrid, but it exhibits marked similarity to Oncidium ‘heaven scent.’ The anther caps on these glow with an intensity unmatched by the rest of the plant, and the sepal and petal tips which match the lip in visible light fail to fluoresce to the same degree in UVIVF.

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Sketch of a Cereus Repandus cactus flower. 

[donalddelahaye]

#nature : Sultry Siren by srravi http://ift.tt/2w589Ms