Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
Unknown FeedWhen it is Laelia Purpurata season (a species from Brazil), you get daily surprises as the flowers come out really fast and the bulbs are thin, so you miss them sometimes. This happened this week, when I only noticed one of the bunches from the pictures below
Nice bunch of laelia Purpurata Delicata
Top left, Laelia Pupurata Werhauseri, right Laelia Purpurata Striata
The Devil's Excrement 
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