New species found in Vietnam
I have to admit when I started to read this article and I saw there were pictures of each of the plants and the snake that the scientists discovered I was really excited. For whatever reason I was thinking that these were going to be the most beautiful plants I had ever seen. I don’t know why my mind was thinking that way. I guess because they were new and in the moutains of Vietnam, they must be beautiful right?
I am sure that to some people they are but I found myself a little dissapointed by the pictures. The image that was coming into my head when I read that they found a leafless orchid was not the image I saw. I guess the one I was most impressed with was the Saccolabiopsis viridiflora, the flowers look like little cups. I was able to find a picture of the Aspidistra nicolai, which produces the black flower. Now that is a breath taking photo. It looks like it should be dead but it is very much alive.