Chinese Ground Orchids

These don’t look like orchids to me, but then most of the orchids we see here in California are imported Phalaenopsis.

[Susan Wakely]

Such pretty flowers.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Tia]

Pretty little flowers

[Beryl Lloyd]

Sweet flowers !

[Anne]

Beautiful and works so well against the white wall

[Carole Sandford]

Pretty & delicate.

[LManning (Laura)]

Beautiful!

[Barb]

Simple and beautiful!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Lovely minimalism

[Rob Z]

It's a lovely shot. And it's such a good example of conflicting common names. We have a Hyacinth orchid over here. It has no leaves and the flower spike just emerges from the ground near a tree that supplies it with nourishment....

[Shutterbug]

@robz Thanks Rob. I took the word of the person who brought it to the orchid show. When you said that, I asked our resident expert and he said it is most likely a Chinese ground orchid. When I looked up both on the internet, this one looks more like the Chinese ground orchid and the hyacinth orchid looks more like what you describe. Thanks for sharing the info.

[Kathy]

Nice contrast of the colors with the rough white walls.

[Diana]

Beautifully composed and captured.

[Kathy A]

Gorgeous colour

[haskar]

Pretty flowers.

[Rob Z]

@shutterbug49 No worries Debbie. I'll have a look and see what they say about a Chinese Ground Orchid- it looks quite delicate and very nice. Cheers Rob