Brassavola cucullata

“Weird and wonderful” says the American Orchid Society, http://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=153

“Brassavola is a genus of 21 orchids. They were named in 1813 by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown. The name comes from the Italian nobleman and physician Antonio Musa Brassavola” — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassavola

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Brassavola_cucullata&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php
Flashed.

1 year ago (“Doormat”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-01-05
2 years ago (“‘Nature’s popcorn’?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-01-05
3 years ago (“How ‘bad’ do Roland & I have the rowing ‘bug’?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-01-05
4 years ago (“*Not* ‘one of the most famous henges’…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-01-05

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[MaryBeth Dailey]

This thing is stunning