The Great Lunar Orchid & The Giant Moon Moth

[Moon Moth]

How to introduce oneself on an orchid-lovers' forum?

Easy!

My favourite plant of The Orchidaceae is The Great Lunar Orchid (Phalaenopsis argentum) ~ perhaps the strangest, most beautiful and fantastic orchid in the many worlds of humanity. Allow me to now introduce to you what I suggest is the most fantastic and mysterious botanical "orchid novel" that has ever been written.... any search will find this on The World Wide Web ~ "Lillian Glade and The Seed of The World Tree" by Glenorchy McBride III. Include the term "Dragonsfoot" in your search.)

I am a plant ecologist.

Hello

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"Give us a quote!" You cry, potent in the grip of orchid-addiction!

"Certainly." I reply, potent in the grip of naughtiness.

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THE LUMINOUS ORCHID OF THE MOON

It is said that The Orchid is the daughter of secrets.

The quiet promise of her luminous lips leads men laughingly astray. To Hope. To Hell. To wherever she wants to lead men. But always to Bliss. And this secret ever increases the enchantment of her charm.

The rarest orchid known to humanity is a great and wondrous bloom of night. The wizards name it ~ Phalaenopsis argentum. The Great Lunar Orchid.

Its night flowers are soft enough to eat a man.

But this rare orchid grows only among the complex canopy boughs of a carnivorous tentacular plant, The Giant Strangler Fig (Ficus persomnia) in the deep and ancient rainforests. Thus is this rare flower only to be found in the hot, moist, inaccessibly primeval regions of our living planet.

In nearly two centuries, no witch or wizard (or any other humanoid) has successfully reproduced this magickal plant in cultivation.

Until now.

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McBride G (2016) Lillian Glade & The Seed of The World Tree. Pan-Gaia Eco-Art Workshop Pty. Ltd., Australia.

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PS ~ My name is Rivervalley the Satyr!