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I made a trip to the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle to shoot orchids. What a surprise to see many plants missing and many others in poor shape. There had been two incidents that occurred, first there had been an island wide power failure and second the heating system failed and the temperature dropped as low as 27 degrees in parts of the green house. As a result many of the tropical plants did not survive or were damaged by the cold.
Hopefully, many plants will make a come back such as the banana grove and orchids. There is even the possibility that these will come back fresh and strong as they work new organic material into the soil and prune back plants.
There were some orchids in the conservatory with nice blooms however even with these the leaf structure was much more yellow than normal. The image I chose today was one of the orchids that seemed least affected by the cold. Shooting information; Nikon D-80, focal length 70mm, f 7.1, ISO 100, exposure time 1/6 second, and the white balance set on shade.
