Oncidium dancing lady, not another twinkle.
My left eyeball version 2, is an upgrade, with bespoke lens and stents. The world gradually turned grey, and, i turned a blind eye to the changes till I couldn’t.
Macrophotography i was pleased with, now appears washed out, colours rinsed by too much lighting. The backdrop for this picture was green.
What’s under that stylish hoodie Oncidium?
Oncidium dancing lady is bigger than twinkle although flower structures are identical.
What lies under your peaked hoodie Oncidium?
Each flower wears a characteristic “peaked hoodie”. The hoodie is easily popped off when foraging, oil loving, bees bang into the little red piece on the peak.
The hoodie covers the Dancing lady’s pollinia.
Off with the hoodie.
The coloured spot poking out under the cap is the viscidium. It acts as a gluestick, attaching itself to the heads of hungry bees as they barge in looking for nectar and oils.
I removed the anther cap to look at the upper surface of the Rostellum. The Rostellum separates male anthers from the female stigmatic surface in Orchids. This configuration prevents selfies.
Two rounded smooth surfaces towards the rear of the Rostellum held the orchid’s pollen bundles.
I intended removing the anther cap only. This was before my eyeball upgrade. I clumsily ripped the cap together with pollinia, stipe and viscidium free as a single unit.
The anther cap with pollinia intact at the back. The strap like stipe connects them to the viscidium, soaked in sticky adhesive.
