Luisia macrantha

Luisia macrantha Blatt. & McCann , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 492 1932.;

Images by tspkumar

 

 

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Kathakali flowering: Was at my farm at Shahapur today. Luisia macrantha [Kathakali] was flowering. Sending a few photographs. 

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Luisia macrantha Blatt. & McCann
Orchidaceae
Endemic to India.
Thanks for sharing. The lateral petals are of indefinite growth which gives it a look of arms of a kathakali dancer. 

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My Floral Picture of the Year 2011 – Neil Soares:   Photographed on my property at Shahapur in August 2011.

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Oh simply Superb! very very beautiful almost looks human. What an apt name and crystal clear photography.

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cool…. thanks for sharing the Kathakali orchid….
Orchids are outnumbering others here :))
Those leaves are actually not complete so they dont give the actual impression of the lenght of the leaf.

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Superb amazing Catch!!!!!! looks like ….. Ghost on tree

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Hahaha..Ghost?? … pl dont make … angry! 🙂
To me it looks like a lady walking on a tight rope.

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Infact Kathakali dance is the representation of God and not Ghosts!!!
But when I came to know of the orchid’s name for the first time in my life, I was really amused, why they called it Kathakali orchid. Infact it does have a very peculiar structure which I felt when I saw it live later.
By the way, the petals are of indefinite growth so they keep elongating….. :)) now it sounds ghostly!!!

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Looks like a Balancing act being performed on a rope…

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