orchid season 2023

Starting with a slightly biblical feel as Easter is almost upon us. Not that it means anything to me apart from the fact that I get paid a lot more to work and there are a lot more tourists in town. This selection of orchids are all from last season, 2023.

This next one is almost completely out of focus but I love the look and feel of the image, and the colour really pops.

Nothing super special about this next one, just has a lovely feel to it.

And same again, just a beautiful feel to this pair of orchids.

 

A little flying duck all on it’s own in the sand.

Tangled up spider orchids.

This one isn’t a great picture, but it reminds me of three people on their way home from a big night out on the town.

Footsies? A stand off perhaps?

A pair of zebra orchids.

Another paid of orchids, king in a carriage looking rather wet.

I could probably make a whole post of nice looking pairs of orchids.

Once again, just an interesting feel to this image.

The lazy spider orchid, one of my all time favourite orchids to photograph.

They have flare from almost any angle.

I made a bit of a study of their striped labellums, every one is different, like individual fingerprints.

 

This one has such a sad melancholy feel to him, all wet, droopy and tired.

While these are far more uplifting with a splash of purple.

 

Nothing adds a splash of colour quite like a pansy orchid.

And fresh rain just makes their colour really pop.

 

I’m not sure what spider that was, but the fringing on the labellum was impressive.

A nice clump of enigmatic orchids which are a cross between a white spider and a dragon orchid.

This was an unusual pose, the flower still opening.

What the hell am I talking about? I used to think these were called prisoner orchids, but evidently it’s a different hybrid of some sort. And yes, this is becoming quite long, almost a whole season of orchid hunting in one post. Orchid season for 2024 is almost upon us, and I posted nothing last year.

Crazy fringing on the labellum, these are really cool, only fairly small but the variety in these hybrid crosses can be quite dramatic.

Here’s a little study I did of the variety you can find in some of these hybrids.

I might leave it there and start another post, this is getting way too long.