Cymbidium
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[Cymbidium] was first described by Olof Swartz in 1799. The name is derived from the Greek word kumbos, meaning 'hole, cavity'. It refers to the form of the base of the lip.
This genus is distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia (such as North-India, China, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Borneo) and North-Australia, usually growing in cooler climates at high elevation.
Cymbidium plants are sympodial and grow to a height of 60 cm and the racemes as high as 90 cm. The raceme grows from the base of the most recent pseudobulb. Each flower can have a diameter of 5 to 10 cm, according to the species. They bloom during the winter, and each plant can have up to fifteen or more flowers. The fantastic range of colors for this genus include white, green, yellowish-green, cream, yellow, brown, pink, and red (and there may be markings of other color shades at the same time), with the exception of blue and black. The flowers last about ten weeks. They have a waxy texture. The rounded sepals and petals have about the same dimensions. They show very diverse color patterns, different for every species.
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Valpopando (77 months ago | reply)
bella....; )
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A beautifully captured Orchid ;-) very well done.
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gorgeous detail and love the contrast!
Calypso Photo (77 months ago | reply)
Beautiful pastel colours.
Nice contrasting of background and flower.
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Wow!! This is a wonderful shot!! Brilliant lighting and amazing details!!
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nice flower...nice shot
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Beautiful. Great lighting.
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Gussi Jons (77 months ago | reply)
Beautiful flower shot :) Sometimes when I see pictures taken of flowers the dept of field is to shallow but here it is perfect in my opinion :) Good job :)
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julies517 (77 months ago | reply)
fabulous!
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amazing colors and again, great compo !
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shotzy (77 months ago | reply)
Beautiful pink, set off perfectly by the black background.
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this is a beautiful flower and macro ......
SlowmanLuis [deleted] (77 months ago | reply)
Nice shot. Like the narrow DOF.
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Oh man, that pink is to die for. Gorgeous flower and gorgeous portrait.
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Gorgeous colors 'n textures in this beautiful flower. Excellent photography...details, dof!
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_rebecca_ (77 months ago | reply)
Loving it on black!! Gorgeous flower and great job capturing it. :)
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A beauty!
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Beautiful shot. I think it's best on black.
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Très jolie photo
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Awesome
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beautiful.
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excellent work, nice contrast background and flower, good framing
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Leviathor (77 months ago | reply)
Thank you for the generous comments and favorites, everyone!
I really appreciate all the kind words and the critical statements. Gussi, thanks for noticing the attention to DoF. While I try my best to get creative with flower DoF (and typically succeed, I think), my feeling is that this is maybe a third or two-thirds too shallow. It's difficult to tell at this small size, but there's a bit of bokeh quality where there should be sharper details.
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I noticed the DoF right off, maybe even moreso because I was on a small screen and the first thing I saw was the out-of-focus outer petals.
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RCastro (77 months ago | reply)
Perfect & Perfect!!
paose73 (77 months ago | reply)
great macro.
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Thanks for the trophies, comments, and faves. (:
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A fantastic beauty
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Very nice Cym shot...nice soft color quality. Beautiful ! ! ! !
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A lovely capture of a fabulous bloom.
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Beautiful macro!! Stunning image!! Congrats!!
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