Temptation in Purple (紫色的誘惑)

Whilst doing the pansies at the flower show, I was deluged by cries of protests from the orchids. They made such a deafening din that I am beginning to wonder if it's true that orchids are really classical Chinese gentlemen. Whatever the truth may be, I must do something to pacify them if I wish to retain a measure of peace of mind. But then, another terrible headache emerges. Which of them shall I do? They come in so many colors ! I certainly can't do them all ! Then John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham came to my aid: the greatest happiness for the greatest number! What an excellent principle which incidentally seems completely consistent with my mental health!  If I do that, they'll become a "silent"  majority. So, I'll do those orchids I photographed most at the flower show: purple or purplish orchids.  .

I start with those with the slightest tinge of purple.



And move on to those with slightly more



One of them

Those with stronger streaks



To those who are purple except for certain spots



I'll move on to those with a double layer of petal

Ending with those who are completely purple



Then the cycle restarts, but in the opposite direction, those with double layers one of which is has purple spots

Those with purple stripes



Moving from stripes to patches

Completely purple except for the heart

To those almost completely purple

To those with even more purple

Purple to pinkish purple



A string of them



Another of them



Those with an even darker hue

And the cycle re-starts with those which are predominately white

And the merry-go- round of temptations in purple re-starts and goes on until our next encounter.