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Bony Fingers
Ahhh…the Bulbophyllum lepidum. Love this fella. It’s a species orchid I bought…hmm…maybe 14 years ago? The plant was attached to a vertical piece of rectangular wood about 9 by 3 inches. Not a big plant. From then till now, the plant hasn’t grown much in size but it’s bloomed so many times. Wonderful. Sometimes I’ve seen 3 blooms at once. Today there are two although one is a bit wonky. It’s hanging under a small magnolia-esque tree (I gotta ID the tree ‘cos I’d like to upload the flower at some point) and it loves the shade there. ANYWAY, I’m rambling…
…here’s a shot I took one minute after I took yesterday’s V1. Looks like a wizened hand from a Tim Burton movie 
V2 is just to illustrate what the flower looks like in bloom and fully unfurled.
Heartfelt thanks to Ann (EAS) and Jennnn (taggart) for their precious User Awards on yesterday’s orchid (which I bought only a few years ago). Over the moon 
And thanks to everyone else for such a great response. I did wonder whether or not I should’ve removed that branch in yesterday's shot. Thanks for the feedback, people.
Andrew
| Camera: | Canon PowerShot A480 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Bony Fingers |
| Username: | 
ChiliMan |
| Uploaded: | 16 Jan 2013 - 2:28 PM |
| Tags: | Bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum lepidum, Close-up / macro, Flowers & plants, Orchid, Wildlife / nature |
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That really is a very unusual orchid - I love the way it looks when totally unfurled. Nicely photographed with the dark background showing it to its full advantage.
I have one miniature orchid that just hangs on a piece of wood. It gets drenched with water spray once daily just the way they do in the rain forest. An amazing species of plant.
Anne
Ready to pounce - in quintuplicate!
(I have been waiting 47 years to use that word )
Regards
Bill
. An excellent presentation in V.1. Carol
Beautiful, in a very strange way.
And imaginatively photographed. Those few dots of bokehed (does the word exist? It should... ) light are magical and inspired.
Moira
it looks almost alive.Fantastic light on both and I love the fully expanded version in v2... and your garden must be fantastic.
Another beauty, Andrew though it does look just a little on the spooky side when in bud! So glad you added V2 with the fully opened flower. Both versions are so well captured and the colours and light are excellent. I understand there are more species of Orchids on the planet than of any other plant. Just as well they are so varied and so very beautiful!
Ann
What an unusual flower - very well photographed Andrew
Helen
Strangely beautiful... or should it be 'beautifully strange'. Weirdly wonderful even. (..and that's an alliterative oxymoron!)
Dave
A scary but beautiful flower here Andrew, and so beautifully captured too!
Carol
A truly gorgeous specimen. I want one, but doubt it would survive the British climate.
What a beauty, Andrew, and it reminds me of the hand of the alien in the film.......Alien.
You certainly know your plants Andrew and these are two excellent examples of your talent at flower photography
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