orchid

"I found it completely riveting," said Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief.

On my kitchen windowsill (yes, I have a windowed kitchen, my first ever), are four orchid plants.

But an examination of this orchid affords no pronounced evidence of any specific intention.

Soft as a cloud, the fawn surrendered to his embrace and gravely smelled his arm with a nose as delicate as an orchid.