Lady Slipper Orchid

Description:

This Orchid is about 9 cm long and 10 cm wide. The petals are a mix between a green and purpleish colour. It has three petals and in the middle is a pouch-shaped labellum. The idea is for pollinating insects to fall into the pouch and be unable to escape without climbing past the flower's column, where it either picks up pollinia or deposits them on the stigma of another flower, pollinating it.

Habitat:

This orchid was found in Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. It was growing in a partly shaded and damp place.