星期二, 10月 30, 1990

星期一, 10月 29, 1990

Datura metel Viburnum dilatatum Tricyrtis hirta Sedum aizoon Calypso bulbosa Stigmatodactylus




Calypso Salisb.
布 袋 蘭 C a l y p s o  b u l b o s a (L.) Oakes, F a i r y S l i p p e r
syn. Cypripedium bulbosum L.

Calypso: (καλύπτω, kalyptō), means "to cover", "to conceal 隱匿", "to hide", or "to deceive". A nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she detained Odysseus for 7 years. She is the daughter of the Titan Atlas.

龍 口 蘭 A r e t h u s a  b u l b o s a L., Dragon's Mouth Orchid

Arethusa: (ρέθουσα), means "the waterer". A daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), who fled from her home in Arcadia beneath the sea and came up as a fresh water fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily. The myth of her transformation begins in Arcadia when she came across a clear stream and began bathing, not knowing it was the river god Alpheus (the Alfei  River). Link