Comment from WendyG
Oh WOW Fred! How exciting is this, your patience has finally paid off in such a big way. It is absolutely stunning! You have a great green thumb for raising Orchids, probably to most finicky plant to grow. You have to have great patience and knowledge. Excellent focus, DOF, exposure and framing my friend:)

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thanks a lot Wendy for your lovely comments and top rating

Comment from artbysandy
I just adore close up photographs, this flower is very special as it only flowers so infrequently glad you were able to capture it so beautiful I have a couple of orchids not as beautiful as this one thanks for sharing this rare flower

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thanks a lot Sandy

Comment from LinebyLine
I love flowers and used to work with them. Orchids are fabulous and delicate. As I can tell these are. Great job on the caring and the pic. Beautiful color on these little guys.

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

many thanks again

Comment from dalebraatz
Wonderful eye pleasing beautiful image. Love the details of the flower and the dark background really sets off the white wnd the yellow. Thank you for sharing. Dale

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thanks so much again

Comment from suzannethompson2
Excellent close up of this beautiful flower and very interesting notes accompanying this. What a shame it only flowers every 14 or so years. It really is stunning.

Lighting and focus very good showing great detail. Very nice composition. Suzanne

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thanks a lot Suzanne for your kind comments and high rating

Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan
This is a beautiful shot of the flowers. You have framed it well. Light and sharpness are very effective in creating a lovely capture. Good effort!

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thank you

Comment from Joelgraphuchin
First, thanks for the story. The first time also I see this kind of flower. Second, thanks for this composition. The flower looks outstanding in front of the black background. well done.

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thanks a lot joel

Comment from Lilibug6
This is such a beautiful plant and flower! The artist notes are great! The focus is very good! The colors are great! Well done and thanks for sharing! Lilibug6

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thanks a lot lori

reply by Lilibug6 on 07-Jan-2015

You are welcome=) Lori

Comment from jrconrad
Very nice picture. I can see where they get their name. The level of light, the composition and detail make this a super shot. Thanks for this. Cheers, James.

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

many thanks james

Comment from Anita colyer
Stunning shot of this beautiful orchard .looks great against the dark background, great detail and lovely colours.lovely close up and very well framed.
Thank you for sharing.

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reply by the author on 07-Jan-2015

thanks a lot Anita