Pink Lady Slipper Orchid Bloom On Black
by Deborah League
Title
Pink Lady Slipper Orchid Bloom On Black
Artist
Deborah League
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Square photographic art print of a potted pink Lady Slipper (Paphiopedilum) orchid. Photograph taken at the Marie Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota, Florida. Makes a dramatic impact when three of these prints (or mix and match with my other square florals) are hung together. Image also available on white.
Lady Slipper Orchids (Paphiopedilum) are terrestrial and grown indoors. The unusual blossoms have a slipper-shaped pouch that is often in a contrasting color to the rest of the flower. It has long, flaring side petals and a showy dorsal sepal. Bloom time with most flowers lasting for several weeks and ranging in color from soft pastels to any exotic combination of rich, earthy tones.
The leaves are strap-like and leathery in solid dark green or mottled. Leaf color predicts temperature preferences. For example, Paphiopedilum orchids with solid-green leaves prefer cool temperatures and those with mottled leaves warmer.
Ladyslipper orchids are also known as moccasin flowers because of their resemblance to the soft-bodied shoe.
Symbolically, the presence of a Lady Slipper orchid is said to console when you feel disconnected from your higher purpose and help with the integration of one's spiritual purpose within the confines of their daily work.
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is a 15-acre botanical garden located in Sarasota, Florida, located on the grounds of the former home of Marie and William Selby. The Gardens feature preserved collections of epiphytes, feature more than 20,000 living plants including 5,500 orchids, 3,500 bromeliads and 1,600 other plants.
The Gardens maintain banyans, bamboo, live oaks, palms, mangroves, succulents, wildflowers, cycads, bromeliads, a butterfly garden, a fragrance garden, an edible garden and a koi pond, on a site bordering Sarasota Bay. The interactive Ann Goldstein Children's Rainforest Garden is designed to help children develop a lifelong appreciation for rainforest plants.
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August 15th, 2019
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