Cattleya cernua Cattleya cernua Cattleya cernua, commonly known as the Nodding Sophronitis, is a species of orchid occurring from Brazil to northeastern Argentina. It was the type species of the genus "Sophronitis" until the genus was made synonymous with "Cattleya". Twenty plants of "C. cernua" have received a total of 22 AOS awards. The described flowers range from 1.9 cm to 3.2 cm horizontal spread and from 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm vertical spread. In nature, "Cattleya cernua" is pollinated by hummingbirds drawn to the blooms' warm colors. The orchid's cryptic pollinia (masses of pollen which adhere together) provide an interesting adaptation
A Flower in a Sinful Sea A Flower in a Sinful Sea A Flower in a Sinful Sea (Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: "Nièhǎihuā", Wade-Giles:, "Nieh-hai hua") is a novel by Jin Tianhe (also known as Jin Songcen) and Zeng Pu (also written as Tseng P'u). The work is a roman à clef. The work was partially translated to English by Rafe de Crespigny and Liu Ts'un-yan in 1982. It was also translated to French. The "nie" (C: 孽, P: "niè", W: "nieh") refers to retributions. The "hua" (C: 花, P: "huā", W: "hua") for "flower" is a polysemy as it can also refer to "woman". In