Botanical Wednesday: feelin’ Halloweeny

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   Ichthyic

   3 October 2012 at 10:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   ah, Timothia burtoni

   beautiful flower.

   ;)

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   katkinkate

   3 October 2012 at 10:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   It’s an orchid, isn’t it?

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   navigator

   3 October 2012 at 11:13 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Yeah, that’s what I was thinking, orchids.

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   ckitching

   3 October 2012 at 11:28 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   So, what does this thing look like in the ultraviolet spectrum?

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   Tethys

   3 October 2012 at 11:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Lovely and seasonally appropriate.

   Here is a good article on vampire orchids.

   I love the latin name Vampira dracula.

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   lcaution

   4 October 2012 at 2:52 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Stunning!

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   eric

   4 October 2012 at 8:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Feed me, Seymour!

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   Pyra

   4 October 2012 at 9:22 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I want!

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   stanton

   4 October 2012 at 11:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   @Tethys, you have it backwards: the genus name is Dracula

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    Tethys

    4 October 2012 at 11:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Indeed Stanton, you are correct.

    Multitasking does not lead to accuracy.

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    aspidoscelis

    4 October 2012 at 6:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    PZ, you found a more difficult one to track down this time, and provided no source whatsoever! However, this image appears to come originally from fotolog.com user neavinth:

    http://us.fotolog.com/neavinth/35491934/