Nice Flower Oscarman !
 

WOW!

I was looking through Oscarman's gallery... this one is amazing!!!

http://www.orchidboard.com/coppermin...C.%20aurea.jpg

Among other things, being an amateur hobby entomologist, I can't help myself commenting on this...check out the perfect example of markings on the lip of the flower. I bet that if you'd look under UV light, these lines would glow like markings on a runway.

Just a great way of pointing an insect in the direction using the converging lines... Come here little specialized bug.... come get some some sweet nectar and I will hose you with some pollen.

:shock: wow That is amazing

Xavier

I really wish I could take credit for this flower. It is outstanding. I have several clones of C. dowiana and C. aurea, including C. dowiana var. rosita. While I have stopped killing them, I have not been able to convince them to flower yet! Brassavola (Rhyncholaelia) digbyana would be another one - except I don't kill these!

The pictures are a continual reminder of my goal.

How 'bout a little tickle?
 

Sometimes what we don't see can be more amazing that what we do see. Marty, what do you think this flower is trying to tell the bugs.
http://www.orchidboard.com/coppermin...0digbyana1.JPG
"how 'bout a little tickle", "anyone for whisker-burn" or maybe it is just a nice soft place to land! :wink:

Re: How 'bout a little tickle?
 

it probably says ...

I am green, I am hairy, come land here, stop buzzing around damit ! ...polinate me already !!!

..hehehe