Orchids: November Orchid Blooms Make Us Thankful, 1 by MaypopLaurel

MaypopLaurel wrote:
The color is off in this photo but I wanted to share a close up of the flower structure. The little "dingles" (my term) in the middle of each flower are the lips, or labellum. They are hinged. If I walk across the floor near the flowers they bobble. I have to wait and stay very still in the greenhut 'til they calm down in order to photograph them. I don't know the purpose of the "hairs" surrounding those upper sepals (I think those are the sepals) but the flowers are pollinated by flies. With that in mind, it's no surprise that they smell like rotten meat. Not bad like some other Bulbos. Still, the beautiful flowers are worth it.