ancientsounds , to random
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Earlier in the week, this being season, the first Bee Orchid I've seen this year. The little yellow pollinia shows it had not yet been visited by a pollinator. It was close to an impressively beefy Pyramidal, near Oxford. Quite a lot of Pyramidals in highway verges etc at the moment

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thalassa , to wildorchids group
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I believe this is Ophrys x albertiana, a natural hybrid of holoserica and apifera, with a pollinator 🤩
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RustyBertrand , to random
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I have successfully kept an alive. It's not pretty but it's budding.

I guess some plants just need to be ignored.

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sollat , to random
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Cute little vanda orchid, cute little flowers

Neurinetia falcata (Kogetsu' x 'Beniryokuhou"

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joewynne , to random
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#Orchid
Orchid House
Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden

#Bloomscrolling #SavannahGA #Nature

Complex flower with two slender light-yellow petals with maroon dots. The sepal forms a similarly-colored hood over the lip, maroon stripes under the hood. A light-yellow "lip" arises from the center, under a green-black tooth-shaped "anther cap", shaped in a cuplike formation, about 2 inches long. In the background are the thick long green leaves of the plant and a blurry plant name tag.
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    sollat , to random
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    Found this orchid half price at the nursery yesterday. No label but it looks like a small dendrobium. Might be ‘chocolate chip’ based on the flower shape and colors. Here’s hoping it rehabs! It’s pretty cute but currently a bit dried out and wrinkly.

    Closer picture of the stalk with two flowers. The petals are light to medium yellow with many tiny pinkish purple spots. The spots are on the outside of the petals and can be seen through on the inside.

    sollat , to random
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    Happy surprise this morning! I managed to rehab this grocery store orchid enough for it to bloom!

    khusky , to random
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    A few more types of wild orchid are starting to flower now. I'm still missing some that would usually be out about now. When the weather picks up, which will be next week now, I shall get out see what else I can find.

    A wild orchid known as Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera). The picture is taken of the flower looking directly at it.
    Wild orchid known as the Pink Butterfly Orchid (Orchis papilionacea). The picture has been taken looking directly into one of the flowers
    Wild orchid known as the Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea). The picture has been taken looking directly onto the flower.

    Paperposts , to random
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    spotted this Western Fairy-Slipper

    friesen5000 , to random
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    33 inches!!! That's a freaking long nectar spur requiring an equally freaking long moth proboscis.
    ‘Mind-blowing’ new orchid species found in Madagascar forest canopy
    https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/mind-blowing-new-orchid-species-found-in-madagascar-forest-canopy/

    gpnaturephotos , to random
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    This gorgeous flower is called a Tongue Orchid - for obvious reasons. It even has taste buds!

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    Phalaenopsis Orchid

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