17 Flowers Masterfully Disguised As Something Else
Aside from their elegance and beauty, orchids are well known for their extraordinarily diverse colors and appearances, which can often resemble a wide array of other objects or animals. Orchids very often tend to evoke instances of pareidolia – a psychological phenomenon where our brain creates significant images or likenesses out of seemingly random forms. This is a compilation of 17 orchids and other flowers that, due to their extraordinary shapes and colors and our complex perception mechanisms, look very much like something else.
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1. Monkey Face Orchid (Dracula Simia)
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2. Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis)
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3. Naked Man Orchid (Orchis Italica)
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4. Snap Dragon Seed Pod (Antirrhinum)
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5. Hooker’s Lips (Psychotria Elata)
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6. Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii)
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7. Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrys bomybliflora)
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8. Swaddled Babies (Anguloa Uniflora)
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9. Parrot Flower (Impatiens Psittacina)
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10. Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major)
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11. Orchid That Looks Like A Tiger
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12. Happy Alien (Calceolaria Uniflora)
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13. Angel Orchid (Habenaria Grandifloriformis)
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14. Dove Orchid Or Holy Ghost Orchid (Peristeria Elata)
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15. Orchid That Looks Like A Ballerina
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16. White Egret Orchid (Habenaria Radiata)
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17. Darth Vader (Aristolochia Salvadorensis)
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Thank you for sharing, I had never experienced pareidolia with orchids. The next time I see one, I’ll see what I can see, and then more gifts of nature
FABULOUS…GOD HAS CREATED SO MANY BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS; FISH TOO AND BIRDS. HOW AWESOME IS OUR GOD!
i like this page it has deepened my affection towards flowers orchids in particular.
These are amazing! It’s so cool how clearly you can see each image.
Learned a new word! “Pareidolia – a psychological phenomenon where our brain creates significant images or likenesses out of seemingly random forms.” The flowers are magnificent.