Januray 10th, 2013 Rhino Beetle

[footfootfoot]

Orchis Simia sniffer? Monkey balls?

I had to look it up. Still, monkey balls may smell better.

[Nirvana]

Smell better than an Orchid? Probably!

I have to call you out for being unobservant. I have been an Orchis Simia sniffer since it was an image of the day I posted ...maybe a year ago?

[footfootfoot]

Consider me called out. In my defense I was looking a bit lower than your user title
But then consider this description of that particular orchid:

dracula simia is the scientific name for the Monkey Orchid, which was discovered in 1978 by a guy named Luer. The flower is famous for smelling like oranges, and is not to be confused with a different species of flower also referred to as the "Monkey Orchid." (The latter is famous for smelling like feces. Literally. It smells like somebody defecated. It is purple, though.)

Hopefully if you go looking for the Monkey Orchid you'll find the right one!

Gardenia sniffing, on the other hand, could go on forever with a side of lotus.

[BigV]

I, too, only noticed it with this thread. I did notice it before footfootfoot posted about it.

[Sundae]

I think it's beautiful.
It's large enough for me to count it as an animal (like a tarantula doesn't really say "spider" to me) but it's harmlesss to humans.

I likey.

[footfootfoot]

I know what you mean, a tarantula doesn't really say "spider" to me, either, as much as I say, "Holy shit!" to it.

They've got one at our local library. I gets out of its terrarium occasionally. It turns up in odd places.

[Sundae]

I've handled a tarantula. She was beautiful.
Didn't look too closely at the eyes though. Eight eyes freak me out.
I don't even like close-ups of the harmless biders we get here, which I am frequently called on to remove from home and classroom. I'm not the school's only spider-wrangler, but in KS1 I am closest and known not to bodge the job.