This is a dwarf purple Dendrobium. But this is not what I am trying to show here. Can anyone see what is wrong here?
Ok, my friend pointed out to me that the flower in the center was oriented upside down. The lip which the pollinator uses to perch on is inverted. How amazing!
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10 February 2014
08 February 2014
ARISTOLOCHIA GRANDIFLORA
I am so glad I planted this weird yet spectacular alien-looking flowering plant at the Web of Life. I think I said it before that the fully opened flower, which is as large as a face, has a intensely black center that reminds me of a black hole in space. It emits a rotten smell that attracts flies which are the pollinators of this amazing climber. I always imagine that if one peers too closely at the flower, it would engulf the face of the observer like the young face-clasping aliens from the Aliens movies.
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alien,
aristolochia,
black hole,
climber,
fly,
pollinator,
rotten,
web
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