According to National Geographic Magazine, this is not photoshop or camera trickery. It's a real, live orchid. The monkey orchid, also known as Dracula simia, is native to the cloud forests of Central and South America, particularly in Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia:
~Monkey orchids thrive in cool, moist, humid conditions at high altitudes. They are epiphytic, meaning they grow in the crotches of trees, or terrestrial, meaning they grow in humus-rich soils on forest floors. They get most of their nutrients from detritus and moisture from the air.
~The flowers smell like ripe oranges.
~In the misty cloud forests the Orchid Monkey surprises explorers with its blooming flower with a face, complete with haunted eyes and nose.
~This surreal nature creation seems to look back, blurring the line between plant and animal into a mesmerizing botanical illusion. How cool is that?
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