Rare Orchid That Looks Like A Money's Face

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🌺🐵Monkey Orchid🌺🐵 Scientific Name : Dracula saulii This #orchid resembles a monkey’s face and hence the name. The #flower is white on the inside with a brown band on the outside. It grows mainly in cold weather. The orchid genus Dracula, abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. #nature #monkeyorchid #draculasaulii

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These are somewhere in the middle of cute and creepy.  What do you think?

Chicagonow  had a short article and indicated they were discovered in 1978 by a botanist named Luer and they smell like oranges.