It's a Brazzle Dazzle Day. While strolling through my local Lowe's Garden section, I stumbled across a familiar face. It was Elliott, Pete's Dragon, from the 1977 Disney movie. The ears, the pink hair, the color, the big jaw. He has an actual mouth, nostrils, and eyes. I was kind of shocked. It looked like Elliott, in flower form.
As it turns out, the Pete's Dragon flower is a Paphiopedilum, which is also called a slipper orchid. I'm guessing a lot of gardeners and botanists are not as interested in animation like me, so they failed to notice how much this orchid looks like a Seventies Disney dragon.
While it may seem bizarre that there's a flower that looks like Elliott the dragon, it really isn't that outlandish. Orchids that look like animals is something that is very much a thing. Orchids have been known to look like monkeys, lions, ducks, egrets, and donkeys.
I ended up getting two Pete's Dragon orchids at Lowe's. I couldn't resist.
Wow, what a great find, Dan! I can totally see Elliott's face in these. I love that movie and it's soundtrack. I remember when it was first released, but I missed seeing it in the theater. I finally saw it in the eighties, when it first came out on VHS (rental!). Shortly after that, I bought the soundtrack on vinyl at a used record store (before ebay!). And now Helen Reddy has passed away. Sad. But I guess most of the cast is now gone. :-( Forty-four years goes by fast!
ReplyDeleteHey TokyoMagic! Yes, the original Pete's Dragon is a favorite of mine, especially the music. I still haven't seen the remake version!
DeleteI haven't seen the remake, either!
ReplyDeleteI've been burned one time too many by those remakes.
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