Now that you described it that way, I’m thinking of Harleys now lol.
Fairrieanum ‘Geishas of Japan’
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Believe it or not, the flowers are still fresh and even grew a little over the last few weeks! Looks fuller now.
Update photos with new camera and (eerie) closeups today:
Update photos with new camera and (eerie) closeups today:
They're vey nice.
Don
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Your new camera is really a delight, Leslie ...razor sharp details! Although, I can't decide whether I actually want to get that close to the fairrie?
However, had I been a fly or some other insectoid polinator, I would probably have fallen madly i love with those dark, dark eyes with the heavy eyelids and the seductive, green eyeshadow!
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dave sarkowsky had a bunch of these a while back...reminds me of christmas candy looking at it from a distance....such a great flower!! is it flies that pollinate this one?
I don't know the pollinator, hence the expression 'fly or some other insectoid pollinator'
It is quite a micro world we rarely see in the perspective of the pollinator, which I think is a fly of sorts.
Your new camera is really a delight, Leslie ...razor sharp details! Although, I can't decide whether I actually want to get that close to the fairrie?
However, had I been a fly or some other insectoid polinator, I would probably have fallen madly i love with those dark, dark eyes with the heavy eyelids and the seductive, green eyeshadow!
With so many colors, hairs and 'party flavors', the pollinators must be dizzy from the visual feast, falling into the flower's trap of rapture or death. It's like going into a night club with promise of fun and dates, and getting trap in a maze where you may not come out alive. Quite a macabre genus!
You have such a way with words to describe such a beautiful flower!
Your new camera is really a delight, Leslie ...razor sharp details! Although, I can't decide whether I actually want to get that close to the fairrie?
However, had I been a fly or some other insectoid polinator, I would probably have fallen madly i love with those dark, dark eyes with the heavy eyelids and the seductive, green eyeshadow!
Update on this one bloom. It has been opened since November 7th, almost 12 weeks ago!! I'm surprised they can last this long! Who knew? The other one lasted 8 weeks.
Gorgeous
Still gorgeous after all these weeks! Great close-up, mr. DeMille! 
Wonderful. Will love to see how much longer she goes.
Yes me too. I wonder if she will pass 4 months?
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My longest lasting Paph. flower was a P. fairrieanum that started in early December and finally crashed in mid-March. Hasn't done that since, I guess conditions were perfect for flower longevity that year!
