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Venus Slipper Orchid - Orchidaceae Paphiopedilume,  can be found among the humus layers of the forest floor but are also often cultivated by orchid enthusiats. It's more common cousin is the wild Lady Slipper.
In the vase the delicate flowers of the flaccid Coelogyne orchid in the garden on a sunny day
Flowers of the varietal orchid Julia on a black background. Phalaenopsis yellow close-up. Beautiful floral background.
Short perennial, the stem with several brown sheaths at the base. Leaves oblong, keeled, shiny-green, the upper leaves smaller and bract-like. Bracts membranous, shorter than the ovary. Flowers greenish-yellow, often with reddish margins and streaks, borne in a slender spike, often many-flowered, each flower manikin-like, with the sepals and petals forming a close hood; lip 12-15mm, pendent, the lateral lobes forming short, narrow ‘arms’ and the central lobe divided into narrow legs; spurless.\nHabitat: Grassland, field boundaries, abandoned quarries, banks and open scrub, rarely along woodland margins, on calcareous soils, to 1500m.\nFlowering Season: May-June.\nDistribution: S & SE Britain, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany.\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.
Photos of the different species of flora in the botanical garden of the city of Medellín
White and purple speckled odontoglossum orchid in flower.
Galanthus nivalis was described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum in 1753, and given the specific epithet nivalis, meaning snowy (Galanthus means with milk-white flowers).
close up of white orchid flower bouquet on black background
Orchids
The terrestrial club-lipped spider orchid is endemic to south-west Western Australia and grows in swamps, on granite outcrops and in karri forest.
Pink lady slipper in the Smoky Mountains, TN
Macrophotography of colorful tropical orchid
An image of an orchid
It is a perennial herb with a bulb 3.5-18 cm in diameter, often somewhat protruding from the ground, ovoid or subglobose, with brown, reddish-brown, grayish-brown outer tunics. brown-blackish, sometimes whitish.
Campanula trachelium blossoms on dark background. Summer forest.
Purple orchid on natural green background
Closeup of Lilium martagon flower. Lily. Garden. Nature.
Lady's slipper in a cemetery in the Smoky Mountain National Park
Mantis is a type of mantis originating from the island of Borneo. It has a unique body shape and is colored like dried leaves to disguise itself for prey.
Lady Slipper.
Close up of everlasting sweet pea (lathyrus latifolius) flowers emerging into bloom
A closeup of the beautiful Japanese andromeda
Barnardia Japonica
Ophrys bourdon (Ophrys fuciflora)
Trillium flowerSome of my other favorite flower shots from my portfolio:
Columbine in bloom in the early spring with white and lilac blossoms.
Winged seed of the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) (formerly known as (Ailanthus glandulosa)). This tree was 'discovered' in northern China in 1751, and imported into Europe and the United States. Tree of Heaven shows just one example of many styles of flying, wind-carried seeds.
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