Let's Divert From Reefs Momentarily Let's See Flowers

One of 9, different varieties, all bonsai. Kaptain Fuji Silk, very sweet fragrance
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Coryanthes seegeri (a bucket orchid) has disgusting looking flowers until they open and reveal beautiful, alien flowers. The flower drips nectar into the bucket which attracts a species of bee that gets trapped in the smooth walled bucket. The only way out is through a small hole which deposits pollen on the bee as it struggles through. It then flies off to do the same to another flower, pollinating it in the process.
 

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I love that last tulip, it is absolutely stunning
Thanks :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
Hopefully be fully opened tomorrow...
And with a bit of luck, the squirrels won't bite the head off :thinking-face::angry-face:
 

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