Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The King Greenhood (Pterostylis baptistii) reigns as the undisputed giant among Australia’s greenhood orchids, producing monumental hooded blossoms that can measure over three inches long. Native to the damp, shaded coastal tea-tree flats and littoral rainforest...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana major) is unquestionably one of the most astonishingly sculpted flowers on planet Earth. Native across eastern and southern Australia, including Tasmania, this diminutive terrestrial orchid produces a blossom that perfectly mimics a...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Epiphytic Orchids
The Hooded Monklet Orchid (Catasetum integerrimum) is one of Mesoamerica’s most intriguing and biomechanically sophisticated epiphytic orchids. Ranging from the tropical lowlands of southern Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras to Costa Rica, this...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Epiphytic Orchids
The Trumpet Goblin Orchid (Mormodes buccinator) is one of the most anatomically eccentric and fascinating epiphytic orchids in the Neotropics. Native to the vast lowland rainforests of northern South America, particularly the Amazon and Orinoco river basins, this...
Fish > Apogonidae & Cardinalfishes
The Pajama Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera), also celebrated as the spotted cardinalfish or polka-dot cardinalfish, is one of the most whimsically patterned reef fish in the Western Pacific Ocean. Resembling a creature dressed in colorful mismatched sleepwear,...
