Orchid, Blue vanda with pale blue petals marked with checkerboard pattern at the 2011 Orchid Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Orchid, Blue vanda with pale blue petals marked with checkerboard pattern at the 2011 Orchid Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Frangipani. Pink flowers and lance shaped leaves of Plumeria rubra growing in Phrao, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Flame Tree. Bright orange and red flowers set on branched central stem. Phrao, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivar. Close up of white flower with detail of vivid red pistil and stamen.

Hibiscus, pink flower in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Phrao.

Zinnia, bright pink Zinnia elegans. Thailand, Chiang Mai, Phrao.

Yellow Oleander, Thevetia peruviana. Single open flower and buds growing in Phrao, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Frangipani, Plumeria rubrae flower in Phrao, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum Concolor with pale yellow, spotted flower at the 2011Orchid Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Sago palm, Cycas revoluta. Rain droplets on pinnate leaves of Sago Palm.

Agapanthus. Close up of Agapanthus africanus, umbel of blue, trumpet shaped flowers. England, West Sussex, Chichester.