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YouTube video showing the pollinarium ejection mechanism for a Catasetum Elizabeth Wills.
Videos A and E show the pollinarium being catapulted from the flower. In video C the anther cap is removed to reveal the pollinia.
Second flowering this season of Catasetum Elizabeth Wills, despite the often low light levels outdoors. More of these exotic looking blooms this time, again with a fragrance of spearmint + a hint of spice #Orchidaceae
As Christmas trees go up 🌲, there's a different sort of excitement with my Catasetum Elizabeth Wills about to flower for the second time this year. Hopeful of a further beautiful display in my first year growing this genus #Orchidaceae
Large flowered hybrid Restrepia Houlisse (R. guttulata x R. Havre de Rozel), including a close-up of one of the cirri. Scale is included in the cyanotype image of a pressed bloom (20 min. exposure to UV) #Orchidaceae
Bipinnula montana ☘🍀
is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile).
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Caladenia alata (fairy fingers) variations north of Mallacoota, VIC. More typical v. small (tip of my little finger here for scale) white + pink forms grow side by side in heathland at this location with some larger/pinker forms (prob. hybrids) in nearby forest #orchids#ozplants
A few of the highlights (2of2) from the Orchid Society of GB behind the scenes visit to @kewgardens, as guests of @BalaatKew #Orchidaceae. Marvellous day 📸 : Coel. wenzelii, Hab. rhodocheila, Den. Pauline, Bulb. orientale
A few of the highlights (1of2) from the Orchid Society of GB behind the scenes visit to @kewgardens as guests of @BalaatKew #Orchidaceae. Marvellous day 📸 : Pleuro. palliolata Ames, Pleuro. allenii, Drac. erythrochaete astuta, Pleuro. chordata
Blunt Greenhoods (Pterostylis curta) in Croajingalong NP, VIC at the end of winter. This widespread orchid can form large colonies with massed flowering in wet seasons but is generally seen in small, scattered patches at this location near the Genoa River. #orchids#ozplants
First flowering of my #Neofinetia (Vanda) falcata ‘Zuiun’ (🇯🇵) on #InternationalOrchidDay. Yellow buds give rise to blooms predominantly clotted cream coloured, with a fabulous evening fragrance similar to honeysuckle #Orchidaceae
Happy Christmas 🌟 and peaceful holidays to all 🕊️
My latest pen and ink sketch of a Dendrophylax lindenii #orchid - a ghost orchid for Christmas #botanicalart#Orchidaceae
Cattleya bowringiana #orchid, a native to Central America including Belize and Guatemala. It has bulbous swellings at the base of its pseudobulbs, from which the roots and top growth emerge #Orchidaceae