I started looking for things related to Google "Black Orchid", and found: a Mexican legend about a flower that contains the secret of eternal youth, a group of heavies music, a comic book by Neil Gaiman ( Black Orchid) and the ingredient of a Calvin Klein perfume. O_o Here I leave some clippings:
-The Black Orchid, nor has there ever existed.
In Chiapas, among tzentales, Berlin Breedlove and Raven (1974), report using Cyrtopodium punctatum, huge orchid pseudobulbs that grow on the stones, to treat a back condition which they call "cakal."
(Esc Prim CEBECH. Dr. Belisario Dominguez)
-The Black Orchid (Encyclia Cochleatum ) Is the national flower of Belize. This orchid grows on trees in damp areas, and blooms in all seasons of año.Su size varies up to 6 inches longitud.La black orchid has yellow petals green with purple spots near the base. The "lip" (one petal of special construction, which is the least seen of the flower) has a valve like a clam (hence the name Encyclia Cochleatum ) and has in its deep stains Carmelite besides black.
"Among the flowers most curious, you can mention the giant Rafflesia Arnoldi, the largest flower in the world with a diameter of about one meter and found only in parts of the island of Sumatra, or the Black Orchid, which grows in Kersikliway Nature Reserve in Kalimantan.
-La Encyclia cochleata is distributed in 12 U.S. states near the Gulf of Mexico. Inside the Book "Heaven", are abundant populations in all ecosystems described, from the banks of the rivers of tropical forests to high mountain oak, and flowers throughout the year.
This epiphytic species is unmistakable in the shape of its flowers (5cm in diameter) with a purple lip concave, hanging sepals and petals, yellow-green color, so which are known as "shells" or "pulpit." The purple color of the lip, some flowers, has a tone that seems as dark black. This confusion has given strength to the legend of "Black Orchid" that dwells in the depths of the forests of the Reserve, but contrary to the orchids of fiction, there really is no any kind in the world with truly black flowers.
-Euphoria, the new perfume by Calvin Klein, follows a disturbing femininity. The fragrance is a sensual floral oriental which mixes black orchid, liquid amber champaca flower. Drunkenness of the senses in a glass jar and metal in the form of a orquídea.Euphoria opens with fruity notes and exotic pomegranate and persimmon, accented with rich green notes. The heart stops the emergence of a sensual combination of lotus flower, black orchid and champaca. In the background note, unfolds black violet, amber and musk wrapped in flesh.
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Dracula Orchids:
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Encyclia clochleata :
Calvin Klein:
Neil Gaiman / David McKean:
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