These photos were taken at the University of Washington Greenhouse, a facility primarily used for research. A local photography club I belong to made an arrangement with the manager, and we had a few hours amidst the collections on Sunday. The actual research areas were off limits.
The orchid on the top is Epidendrum nocturnum. The bottom orchid is a Bulbophyllum orchid; I don’t know which one. And the third photo is Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, an epiphytic plant that anyone who’s spent time in America’s southeast knows well. I intentionally moved the camera on a long shutter speed for the second shot.
It was good to let gray skies disappear and lose myself in the tropics…a poor person’s vacation.
I can’t resist adding a few more – the greenhouse door from the inside;
a water lily (Nymphaea caerulea);
intertwined tropical leaves;
one of many hungry Nepenthes, a carnivorous plant fed with leftover caterpillars from research projects;
a posy of candy-colored Passionflowers floated in a bowl of water (like what my grandmother used to do with her rhodos!);
and a large tropical leaf shot from underneath (yes, the black dot is a bug). They maintain a very delicate balance in the greenhouse. Hopefully there are not so many pests that plants are destroyed, but not so few that bugs are absent. Natural pest control, not the sterile conditions that heavy use of chemical pest deterrents would create, is the goal.
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Wow! what a lovely green house. I love these photos. congratulation!
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I’m usually not captivated by flora shots but these really caught me off guard! Very nicely composed with lines and color.
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Well that’s great – I could use the encouragement today. Thanks much!
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Gorgeous.
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Thank you – I appreciate that!
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🙂
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Back at ya!
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Nice shots! I recognized the Spanish moss right away. When I took a garden tour at Middleton Plantation a few weeks ago, I learned that Spanish moss is actually in the pineapple family.
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Thank you – I’m glad you like them, because I know you can see this kind of thing every day, right in your own back yard!
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Woww amazing and beautiful flowers!
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Thank you very much -glad you enjoyed them!
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You’ve caught such a dreamy feeling in these photos – lovely (and great composition!)
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Dreamy is how it feels. Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts.
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Wow, Lynn, these photos are fabulous. I love them all; and I especially like how you moved the camera intentionally on that second shot. The candy-colored passion flowers all afloat and the patterns on all the green leaves and mosses are so interesting in the photos. Wonderful. 🙂
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Oh, good – I want to go back and work more with blurred images. Those passion flowers are something, aren’t they? Thank you very much!
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A superb set of images. I’ve tried to identify a favourite but I find it impossible!!
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Thank you – I’m kind of all over the map here, with the blurred photo, the “normal” photos, a B&W, and the saturated Passionflowers. I’m just not one to settle in to one style, at least not these days. So glad you like them.
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All these are VERY beautiful! 🙂 I think you were lucky with the light, that it was not too hard. The colours and the flowers are really great!
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Thank you. It’s interesting that you say that – we don’t have much sun for 3/4 of the year, though the summer is very sunny. So I really miss the sun, but you’re right, it makes for harsh light and it’s easier to work with an overcast sky. Thanks for reminding me – I try to remind myself but I forget! Your photos are wonderful.
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Stunning and beautiful macro images.
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Thank you – your recent beach images are wonderful.
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So very lush – I am imagining the earthy scent of a greenhouse.
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…which I noticed as soon as I walked in. Love that smell. Thank you!
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Bravo! Loved the passionflowers! 🙂
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Thank you – they’re a winter antidote.
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Loved looking at your superb photos there ! Such details and colours just what we need to erase the greys in all shades 😉
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Thank you, I’m glad.
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All lovely, but that final shot is really something! Well done.
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Thank you Tina – I appreciate your comment!
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Liking the sound of this poor person’s vacation! Orchids are amazing.
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Thanks – they are – and spending hours in a tropical greenhouse is a great way to get away.
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gorgeous images and colors. . . what a great way to spend a gray day. This time of year in the snowy mountains, seeing beautiful flowers is a feast for the eyes. Thank you.
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That’s good, I’m glad it pleased you. Spring’s on the way…though March so often disappoints.
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed this.
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Lovely!
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