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Shy on Rebun-cho. Cypripedium macranthos (Large-flowered Lady Slipper), Rebun-cho, Hokkaido, Japan "There is a handsome Japanese Cypripedium in cultivation whose correct name has been the subject of much uncertainty...", writes Robert Allen Rolfe in 1911. Rolfe (1855-1921) - a shy and retring autodidact working at the famous Kew Gardens in England - then proceeds to give an exciting account of the collection and description of this pretty orchid down from the late eighteenth century. Our Lady (= in this case Aphrodite or Venus) Slipper with this beautiful Large flower is found in northern Japan, Russia, Korea and China, and also in parts of the Ukraine. I saw it in the Spring as I was traipsing about on the small and wonderful but remote island of Rebun to the very north-west of Hokkaido. There was a lot of rain and mist, but just as I chanced upon this blossom shying away in its bright greenery, a thin ray of sunlight lightened it up. The light to me seemed akin to that in which Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) pictured Venus modestly issuing from a Cypriot Sea Scallop (1485). She's not wearing slippers on her dainty feet... Flowering Partners The evening primroses are having a particularly good year in the Capitol Reef area. When I took this picture I was looking for a 'scene' rather than just a picture of a plant, that's why I didn't open up the f stop all the way to completely blur the background or crop it closer. Leaving the plant on the right with the deeper background behind it seems to give the picture almost a 3D effect that you don't get without it. It does look a little odd until you look at the whole scene. Please take a second to look at this picture in the large size - it really doesn't work any smaller than that. (Just click on All Sizes above the picture) © Bob Palin 2010 Related topics: flower delivery sydney children's flower girl dresses flower expert send flowers and candy desert flower perfume flower designs tattoos how to make christmas flower arrangements boys before flowers episode 25 part 2 |