My Orchid Plant in Bloom. Today's Photos.

Though this is not the season for orchids to bloom, I have a few plants which are indigenous to our land, and one of them has started blooming. This plant, from the dendrobium family and found naturally in Sikkim, is a hardy plant which can withstand the extremes of nature, and flowers just about anytime when the weather is conducive!

Sikkim is known for its orchids and we have around 500 local varieties which have been exploited commercially to make hybrids by crossing it with varieties from other lands. In fact, a lot of the hybrids found in the world today, maybe linked back to one ancestor here in Sikkim.

I have been watching this plant for a few days now, and with the sunny days we've had in a row, the buds started opening up. And today I noticed it had a few full size flowers. I snapped some pictures in different location today as the plant is in a pot which could be moved around.

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All photos have been touched-up, scaled in size and taken with my mobile camera,
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

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A shot of the orchid heavily touched up in GIMP

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The stem with the flowers in bloom in natural light

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The whole plant. Notice the other stem with buds behind

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A view from the side

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The unique flower, which will last a few months!

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