Phalaenopsis–the “moth orchid.” Bronx Botanical Gardens. By Paul Goldfinger.  2008.  ©

I rarely photograph flowers  (that’s Eileen’s job,) but a friend once challenged me to prove that a black and white photograph of a flower could be appealing. Sometimes color isn’t the answer and that is why I gave up on color for many years….until Blogfinger.

In 1933, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appeared in a film called “Flying Down to Rio.”   Victor Youmans (“No,No Nanette”)  wrote the music, and “Orchids in the Moonlight”  became a hit, done as a tango.  Many artists recorded this song, but this version is from the “Victor Youmans Song Book” with Rudy Vallee: