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  • The Amazing Monkey Orchid
     OP - July 10, 2012, 06:48 PM

                                             The Amazing Monkey Orchid



    Nature doesn’t need an audience. These wonderful orchids come from the south-eastern Ecuadorian and
    Peruvian cloud forests from elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters and as such not many people throughout history got to see them.
    However, thanks to intrepid collectors we do get to see this wonderful Monkey Orchid. Someone didn’t need much imagination to name it though, let’s face it.


     
    Its scientific name is Dracula simia, the last part nodding towards the fact that this remarkable orchid bears more than a passing resemblance to a monkey’s face –
    although we won’t go as far as to be species specific on this one. The Dracula (genus) part of its name refers to the strange characteristic of the two long spurs of the sepals,
    reminiscent of the fangs of a certain Transylvanian count of film and fiction fame.


     
    The orchid was only named in 1978 by the botanist Luer but is in a family containing over 120 species mostly found in Ecuador.
     Up in the cloud mountains the monkey orchid can flower at any time – it is not season specific. It scent resembles that of a ripe orange.


     
    If you don't quite see why this orchid gets its name, then do one thing.
    Move back from your screen a few feet and take another look.
    Close up the similarity is good, from a distance it is astounding.



    The pictures can be seen below :


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  • Re: The Amazing Monkey Orchid
     Reply #1 - July 10, 2012, 06:51 PM
    The first four :
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    The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
                                   Thomas Paine

    Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored !- Aldous Huxley
  • Re: The Amazing Monkey Orchid
     Reply #2 - July 10, 2012, 06:54 PM
    The last three:
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    The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
                                   Thomas Paine

    Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored !- Aldous Huxley
  • Re: The Amazing Monkey Orchid
     Reply #3 - July 10, 2012, 06:59 PM
    Oh wow amazing. I've heard of animals imitating plants but never plants imitating animals.  wacko
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  • Re: The Amazing Monkey Orchid
     Reply #4 - July 10, 2012, 07:00 PM
    Image credit: Columbus GV Team, Flickr user Qimbaya,Flickr user Nolehace,Flickr user Eric Hunt,Flickr User Jose X, Imgur


    The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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    Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored !- Aldous Huxley
  • Re: The Amazing Monkey Orchid
     Reply #5 - July 12, 2012, 10:18 PM
    Beautiful.  Afro As a human species, we've evolved and it's wired in our genes to see and identify faces in everything we can. I wonder how other animals - monkeys themselves - would react to these beauties?
    Lover of all things whimsy.
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