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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · A White Form of the Lizard Orchid (Stereo) | |
I found this in northern Greece in 2012. On our last day before departure, my wife went for a walk before dinner and returned to give a description of a flower growing in a lane a few minutes walk away. From the description, I though it might be very special but my wife seemed unexcited about it. Anyway, after dinner, in the still-good light, I found it was what I thought, only even better.
It was a Lizard Orchid but it lacked any dark markings. Himantoglossum hircinum has been split into several species which cannot always be separated. This plant was growing in solitary isolation so I don't know if it was typical of its species in the area. Any way, it looks most like the Adriatic Lizard Orchid H. adriaticum. According to Zissis Antonopoulos of the Greek Orchids website, it is a hypochromic Himantoglossum jankae (syn H. caprinum).
Most important is its "wow" factor, with its delicate, flowing streamers. A very three-dimensional inflorescence, I have tried to represent the impression I had of it.
I was having severe problems with the helicoid of my Elmarit 60mm macro, causing some images to be just out of sharp focus, so I returned the following morning and re-shot some images with my 90mm Elmarit (not a macro lens).
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/462_File0388lizard_orchid_closeuptopazU1000_1.jpg
Some better images, but no stereo, of a cultivated, normal specimen are to be found here:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1343299
and here:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1343492
Harold
© Harold Gough 2015
Cross-eye stereo
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