Blooming for Friday

 

Gorgeous brassavolas are so delicate and wispy here and yet the colors are so vivid, contrasting in their deep purple petals and white stripes offset by the white throat and yellow stamens.

 

They look like precious little medallions ready for a corsage or buttoneer

 

Or better yet, just left to its own intact and longer lived while attached to the plant.

 

These star shaped orchids come from Central America like bright but filtered light, they exude a light citrus smell in the evening hours to attract moths to help pollinate the flowers….hmm they are attracting my attention instead.

 

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