relating to prior post

This "lady slipper " orchid is an exception being a fairly showy flower for a northern or temperate orchid species. These plants grow in woodland areas . I used to know where there were stands of thousands of these things then one year I went back to see them all in flower and to my surprize the area they were was all suburban housing. allan

PS:the color of this photo is lousy , its really a much more vivid pink then it seems here.

A new species of orchid found in China

Hard to tell but I'm assuming those are the flowers of this new orchid. My reason for running this is to point out that many orchids are pretty drab things. The only really spectacular orchids ( flower wise) are all tropical. There are lots of orchids in temperate climes but most people including myself would not even recognize them if they came upon them.

a better b picture of the picasso trigger fish , shows the colors better

Another artsy nude picture

Queen trigger fish and a nice looking young lady who caught a trigger fish

Heres another trigger fish res

As you can see the finnage is similar to the clown triggers . It seems to be the predominent shape of triggers of which there are many others besides these 2 . This fish was a sacred fish in Hawaii when Hawaii was a Kingdom . Only the king and queen were allowed to eat this fish . A commoner possessing the fish was killed on the spot . The name of the fish in Hawaiian is something like Huma Huma and it is known by the common english name as the picasso trigger fish. Personally I don't think this is the best picture . the colors are actually far more vivid then shows here . allan

Another interesting nude photo

This is obviously a picture of a nude woman , an artsy type of picture at that . I only label what it obviously is to make Clank happy . She seems to want my postngs labeled so I'm obliging being the type of guy who tries to do the right thing and all. At any rate I kind of liked this nude picture , allan

A Clown trigger again

This picture is of a large Clown Trigger on the reef in nature . For anyone who hasn't done any diving on reefs ( or anywhere for that matter ) I highly reccomend it . I havent done it in years or to any great extent but when I was younger I used to do a bit of skin diving ( no tank, just a snorkel) in the keys and some scuba diving (with a tank ) in the bays around long island. It's a visit to a very strange alien world .

A Clown Trigger fish

This is a marine fish . I personally considerate one of the most beautiful of all fish. I've owned a few in my life . The only problem with trigger fish is they can be quite agressive and they have a mouth like a parrots beak that can do considerable damage to their tank mate. allan

The underneath of the giant lily pad

As far as I remember the species name is blah blah blah victoria regina ( i'm guessing here ) but at any rate this is the underneath of a pad. At left is what I think is an arm of a person for comparison. The edge also has spikes all around it I suppose to discouage animals foraging on the pads . allan

Giant water lily

I've posted this picture before . I forget the botanical name of this plant ( its too late to tax my brain for it ) but its the latgest species of water lily . The pads are 4 feet across and filled with air sacks and can hold a small child on them. It's a beautiful plant . allan