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ORCHID
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Paintine
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Botanicalartist
DaNrnr'W'rr-rremS
relates
his
first
encounters
with
orchidsin
the
wild
tIII-E
(ILAIItsERING
up
the
seen-ringlv
never-encling
steps
that
u.incl
their
wayup
thc
slopes
ofAlount
Kinabalu
in
200-{,
I
encounterecl
the alien-like fbrm of
the
pitcher
plant
Nepenthes
a
illosa
lorthcveryfirsttinrc.
Growingbesitlr it
was
aplant of
Coelog,ne
pdpillosa
(below
Paphiopedilum
'Clair
de Lune'
right).
I
could
hardlv
have
anticipated
that
I
woulcl
see
this very rare
orchicl
just
a f-ew
monthsafter
discussingcoelogrnes at
the
Roval
Botanic
Garclens,Keu',
rvith
Ducller.
Clawon,
an
acknowledged
expert
on the
genus.
Neither
coulcl
I
ha','e fbreseer-r
that
I rvould
have
the
opporruniw
of
photographing this beautiful orchicl
in
its
natural
habitat in Bornco.
I
became
fimiliar
with
pre
sen'cd
orchid
samples
at
Kew whileI
w
as
lllustr ating V
a
n
i
/ aintperitlis, and
now
I
couldtrulv
appreciate the
plantfbrms
Right: iVepenffes
villosa and Coelogyne
papillosa growing
together
in
Borneo
within
the surrounding vegetatlon.The
u.av
the
plants appeared
to
beenrwinecl
ancl
growing
toge the r gave
me
a
true
f-eeling
ofwoncler
at
their
beauw.
'Whilc
marvclling
at
their
sl-rapes
ancl
strucrure,
I
thought
that
itwould
be
worthwhile
to documentthe
plants accurately in
as
much
cletail
as
possible.'l'he possibiliw
of
joining
an
cxpedition to
Rorneo
in
searcl-r
of
such
plants(mv
original
intention)
hadjust
beg;ur.r
to
be
realiscd.
Ir-r
what
has
become
a
kcv
f-eature
rluring
nl
artistic
carccr.
mv
hr:t
impressions
of
a
plant
have
a
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