3413 x 5120 px | 28,9 x 43,3 cm | 11,4 x 17,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2. Februar 2010
Ort:
Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.
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The orchid symbolizes love, beauty, refinement and beautiful woman. It is also the Chinese symbol for many children, thoughtful, maturity or charm. In Greek mythology, Orchis was a man of beauty punished by the Fates for his uncontrolled lust. He was torn apart by beasts and from his death arose orchids. During England's Victorian era, the orchid was associated with luxury, but today has come to mean refinement, beauty and wisdom. Orchids are epiphytes (plants that grow on other plants, but are not parasitic that were once common in the perfect conditions offered by the mountains of northern Thailand. The demand from orchid growers for wild stock, however, has meant that their occurrence in the wild is now severely threatened. Collection from the jungle is banned and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) bans trade in wild-collected plants.