A while back, I came across a very unusual orchid picture in my Facebook
news feed. It was a picture of an orchid called the “Hanging Naked
Man.” Amazing, and genuinely laughter-evoking.
So I saved it, but not before reposting it on my home page.
One of my friends commented with a picture of her own—that of a monkey face.
Which got me to wondering how many orchids have been bred,
or found in the wild, that emulated insects, animals, or humans. I did a Google
search and found a bunch. Too lazy to research and write up what I found, I
decided instead to just post the pictures here.
Enjoy! Hope at least a few are new to you.
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| Flying Duck (Caleana major) |
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| White Egret (Pecteilis radiata) |
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Bee (Ophrys apifera)
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Monkey Face (Dracula simia)
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Tiger Face (Anguloa uniflora)
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Ballerina (Caladenia melanema)
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Hanging Naked Man (Orchis italica)
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Swaddled Baby (Anguloa uniflora)
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Darth Vader (Aristolochia Salvadorensis)
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And that ... is that!
