tinycatbabies:

OMG. Monkey orchids.

These orchids, found in the Peruvian cloud forest, is named the Monkey Orchid for the obvious reason.

From Kuriositas:

Its scientific name is Dracula simia, the last part nodding towards the fact that this remarkable orchid bears more than a passing resemblance to a monkey’s face – although we won’t go as far as to be species specific on this one. The Dracula (genus) part of its name refers to the strange characteristic of the two long spurs of the sepals, reminiscent of the fangs of a certain Transylvanian count of film and fiction fame.

If you put a dozen monkeys in a room with a typewriter over an infinite period of time, it’s said they’ll produce Shakespeare. But spread around a few thousand species of orchid over several million years, and they’ll clearly produce monkeys. —MN

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    Monkey orchids!

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