Orchids on my travels

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Originally uploaded by orchids77.

While adventuring through New Zealand in 2004 I came upon Stanhopea oculata in a city park and thought that it's abstract flower deserved to be photographed. Recently, I learnt that it's native range is quite large - from Mexico to Columbia and the Amazon Basin in northern Brazil; and that it can grow in a variety of medium - from rainforest floors to trees and even rock 5000 feet up.