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Somewhere in Kowloon but I don't remember where.
It was raining and there were people going by, so I became impatient and wasn't able to get a well-aligned and centered picture.

 
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Photo taken at teamLab SuperNature Macao

 

Chysis laevis is in the subtribe Chysinae (it was previously placed in Bletiinae).

The flowers were open only a few days and I suspect they pollinated themselves, because I don't have anything closely related.

There are four fruits in total, and they are quite large.

OC = Own collection

 
 

From the Singapore Cloud Forest

 

From the Singapore Cloud Forest

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The view is nice, but I think if I lived there I'd go once and then not again because it's expensive

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

Thanks! It's a pet peeve of mine when people use an abbreviated genus name without having written the full genus name first.

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

It tasted good, but I don't think I would have been able to distinguish the taste from a "golden" kiwi

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It tasted pretty much like a yellow kiwifruit, nice and sweet and better to me than the green ones. I was disappointed however that it was still mostly green inside.

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess that (1) there are enough other roots in the ground, and (2) the root in the air may be able to extract humidity the air, and also water directly when it rains. Not sure what species this is but in some trees roots also have the function to help with stability, like extra stems.

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

You can eat the seeds, right?

I don't know

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Hätte ich mir denken können

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the ID ; I had no idea

[–] kunegis@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Can't confirm what grows in front of that cathedral, but probably not, because those irises grow along lakes and rivers. (Insert comment about how many lakes and rivers in Brussels have been asphalted over making the city's emblematic flower a rare sight.)

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