RHH's photos with the keyword: transparent

In Explore January 17, 2009, #332. A miniature orchid species from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil. The individual flowers are only approximately four millimeters in size. This was one of my first uploads on Flickr and the first picture to make Explore. At that time I had not heard of Explore and did not know much about Flickr - it was just a place to post pictures. Since then I've left Flickr and moved to Ipernity, the best move I've ever made, since the site has become nothing more than a place to dump phone pictures.

In Explore December 18, 2011, #438. I purchased this plant as Masdevallia or Acinopetala minuta, but it does not appear to be that species and I am pretty certain it is Masdevallia or Triotosiphon gnoma instead. The plant is only 2 cm tall and the flowers are nearly that long. Because the plant is so small and the flowers carried on such short peduncles, they lie close to the surface of the moss in which the plant is growing. Seen close-up the flowers are nearly transparent and the inner parts of the flower are visible through the sides. My plant is still very small, since it was only a couple of leaves when I got it and nearly died subsequently. The species is from Ecuador. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2011/11/tritosipon-gnoma....