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04-08-2015, 05:34 AM
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Microcoelia exilis flower closeup
Hello All,
This is a species I obtained several years ago from a private collector, until this last blooming I had never seen a closeup photo of the blooms. I was able to access a stereoscope at a local laboratory and take a few photos of the last blooming cycle, the images shown are taken at 35x magnification with overhead lighting.
A pollination attempt was made but the pods failed shortly after, hopefully next year will yield better results.
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04-08-2015, 11:29 AM
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Superb little one! Can really see how spongy and crystalline it is. So much we would miss without some sort of magnification.
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04-08-2015, 11:58 AM
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Looks like crackled glass. Very cool.
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04-08-2015, 02:04 PM
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Sparkly little devil. ]
Wonder if Jay's Orchid Encyclopedia would like to add your flower close-up to his exilis entry?
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04-08-2015, 08:37 PM
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Wow! That's wonderful!
Happy to see you here!
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06-27-2015, 04:57 AM
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So pretty!
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Very very nice.
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