Orchids or Circus Clowns

This little guy just glistens! All of the images of my husband's exquisite orchids, represent their true colors, and are just as brilliant as they appear in the photos. His petals are "glossy", too, which adds to the happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care presence that he has, and makes him look just like his colors were "painted on"!

Commonly known as the "Antelope Orchid", he's late! Hurry! Move aside! They already have brought on the clowns - this little slacker was taking a nap, and overslept. Now, he's running to get into the act, arms all akimbo!

Spots and dots galore - and just look at that intensely fuschia lip! This fellow just LOOKS happy, and joyful, and if he doesn't look like a clown! Part of the "fun", of this orchid, is the extreme difference between the graceful, elegant lip, and the funky, irregular spots on the petals. He looks like an "oxymoron in the flesh", doesn't he?

Under the Orchid Circus Big Top, here we have one of the most gawky, gangly, gargantuan orchids found in the world. Not really - I mean, he's not really from Borneo, that is - but it surely looks like this Clown Orchid is a bit confused about where he is, who he is, and what he's supposed to be doing!

They just never can "balance" her right, but she is CIRCUS, all-the-way!

The darling "little people" Clown Orchids - call them midgets or dwarves or Lilliputians - they don't care! Only about the size of a dime, they are just tickled to be "in the act"!

Does this little gal look discombobulated, or what? When she comes into the ring, she does not speak - at all. Everything she does, is in mime, and she is just a riot! Once the audience recovers from the shock of her outfit - which admittedly, is p-r-e-t-t-y bad, her speechless routine, leaves them in stitches.

How would you like to wear THIS one, as a corsage? This funny, "funky" Clown Orchid smells heavenly, even though she is NOT going to win any beauty awards. She keeps the audience laughing at the Orchid Circus Big Top, from the moment she comes on. You just never know what she's going to do, but everywhere she goes, she leaves a trail of perfume behind!

His moniker is Mini-Mark Holmes, I think. This adorable little Clown Orchid, one of my husband's favorites, just puts me in mind of a Mummer, from the Philadelphia Mummer's Parade, strutting his stuff...and of course, a lot of the Mummers, look like clowns!