Absolutely stunning image, Si. At first I thought it was an iris. And one can see all kinds of shapes and forms in it, just like gazing at clouds! This one's a keeper!
when i first saw the thumbnail in the new gallery page... and the title.. i thought you had done some sort of clever manipulation and put a leopard head in the centre of the orchid.. lol.. is nature wonderful? :D
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is a society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar,
I love not man less, but Nature more
--Lord Byron