The Beauty and Sensuality of Orchids – News Watch

The Beauty and Sensuality of Orchids – News Watch: "Orchids are fascinating flowers. Shapes and colors in “packages” of different sizes, which resemble animals, birds and insects. Some are small, a few millimeters, as the Falacte Trizeuxis. or much larger, up to 70 cm, as the Phragmipedium Caudatum.

A while ago, the Magazine “Natur” dedicated an article to the Holcoglossum Amesianum, an orchid that performs a dance that defies gravity, turning almost 360 degrees to pollinate itself. This is an exception, since, generally, pollination is done by bees, flies, butterflies, and some birds. The seduction of pollinators is made by offering nectar in some cases and in others, perfumes and pheromones. Some species form a powder similar to bee pollen which is used as food.

In Japan, the samurais have been growing orchids for many years. An old legend says that an emperor barren woman inhaled the scent of an orchid, Cybidum Ensifolium, and later had 13 children. The boys are called Lan, and were ones the first to cultivate. Confucius who was described as the queen orchid who embodied the beautiful fragrance and the literature related to the idea of perfection and elegance."

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