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Prosthechea cochleata, commonly referred to as the clamshell orchid [1] or cockleshell orchid, is an epiphytic, sympodial New World orchid native to Central America, the West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, and southern Florida. [2] It is also known as the black orchid in Belize, where it is the national flower. [3]
The Black Orchid (nightclub), a Chicago night club from 1949 to 1959; Black Orchid (band), an Australian gothic metal band; Black Orchid, a 1962 jazz album by the Three Sounds; Black Orchid, a 1987 Hawaiian album by Peter Moon Band "Black Orchid", a song by Stevie Wonder from Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"
Moon orchid was chosen for its beauty, while the other two rare flowers, Rafflesia arnoldii and Titan arum, were chosen to demonstrate uniqueness and Indonesia's rich biodiversity. Each of the 34 provinces of Indonesia also has a native plant as its provincial flower .
The National Heritage Library (NHL) is a library in Belmopan, Belize.Located on Mountain View Boulevard, adjacent to the Museum of Archeology. It contains an extensive non-circulating collection of materials about Belize and Belizeans with some 20,000 materials in the collection.
Cooktown Orchid (Vappodes phalaenopsis) by Vera Scarth-Johnson. This is a list of botanical illustrators who were/are active or born in Australia. Botanical illustration involves the painting, drawing and illustration of plants and ecosystems. Often meticulously observed, the botanical art tradition combines both science and art, and botanical ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Belize. Of the mammal species in Belize , two are endangered, three are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One species has been classified as extinct.
Black Orchid is an American comic book written by Neil Gaiman with art by Dave McKean. It was published by DC Comics as a three-issue limited series from December 1988 to February 1989, and was later reprinted in trade paperback form. Black Orchid follows two girls, Flora and Suzy, who awaken in a greenhouse.
When designing Black Orchid, artist Tony DeZuñiga took inspiration from Cymbidium canaliculatum, a plant with dark purple petals, and Black Condor.He stated that he "read the character description and [recalled that] in the ’40s there was this character called the Black Condor, but [since] that was a male superhero, [he] took some ideas and revised [it] to a female form."