My brother Rick is an environmental biologist and an orchid specialist. He's been patiently caring and waiting since 2010 for a Stanhopea tigrina to bloom. It finally did, and to his surprise bloomed out completely white (possibly full albino), which is an infrequent and unusual occurrence. The normal flower is strongly blotched and barred with brown and purple. These are large flowers, about the size of your open hand, and very fragrant. Rick lives in another state, so I coached him over the phone on how to photograph this flower which only stays in bloom for about 48 hours. He sent me the file and I touched it up in post for him. But Rick did the heavy lifting since he cared for the orchid, was there to see it bloom and captured the image. All I did was coach the capture and touch it up. Good piece of teamwork. Happy B-Day Rick. Nice timing on the bloom.
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