Flower power. The Ara Pacis, an altar erected in Rome by the emperor Augustus in 9 B.C.E., includes one of the earliest documented depictions of an orchid (inset) in Western art. Credit: Wikimedia Commons; Bernd Haynold/Wikimedia Commons
Flower power. The Ara Pacis, an altar erected in Rome by the emperor Augustus in 9 B.C.E., includes one of the earliest documented depictions of an orchid (inset) in Western art. Credit: Wikimedia Commons; Bernd Haynold/Wikimedia Commons
Not seein’ it. Plant on left has whorls, plant in center has regular , as opposed to irregular, flowers.
The pic on the left looks like Clematis vines. They are not orchids. The pic on the right appear to be orchids possibly dendrobium.
The pic on the left looks like Clematis vines. They are not orchids. The pic on the right appear to be orchids possibly dendrobium.
Gee, maybe Brutus was pissed that Caesar had copped some of his orchids?
