V, W, & X are things in nature {Blogging through the Alphabet}

Venus' Slipper, Wolves, Xenia

Running way behind in the Blogging through the Alphabet. I choose a theme of sorts this times, since I put them all together. The theme is "found in nature."

Venus Slipper (Paphiopedilum appletonianum)

Attribution: www.larsen-twins.dk

The Venus Slipper is an orchid found in Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. There are roughly 200 different species of orchids in North America (not the Venus Slipper). 

Wolves (Canus lupus signatus)

By Juan José González Vega (handed over by the author to the Project) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

Iberian wolf in Spain. Many taxonomists do not recognize the species. The wolves have a vulnerable rating and are rarely sighted in the wild. 

Xenia coral

"Xenia coral" by Original uploader was Dawson at en.wikipedia - Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xenia_coral.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Xenia_coral.jpg

The coral pulse their "fingers" to move water. They feed themselves via photosynthesis.  According to a supplier of aquarium fish and such, they have been known to live 5-10 years in the wild.

That is the V, W, & X entry for Blogging through the Alphabet.