A Tale of the Man Eating Orchid Plant
A Tale of the Man Eating Orchid Plant
Along the south ridge of a volcano on the edge of the earth lies a very rare, very mysterious, very beautiful, very deadly plant; the man eating orchid plant. Most people do not believe that it actually exists but there are a few who know all to well what happens when you cross the path of the man eating orchid plant!
The Expedition
Legend has it that a group of hikers decided to explore the south rim of this very far away volcano. No one had ever explored this side of the volcano and the hikers were very curious as to why no one dared this exploration. It was a bright, sunny Saturday morning the day the hikers started their trek. They reached the rim at dusk and set up camp for the night. A little while later two of the hikers went for a walk and came upon this huge orchid plant. The orchid plant was abnormally large, but had beautiful flowers in all different colors. The hikers were amazed at how big and beautiful the flowers were. The aroma of the flowers was very enticing and drew the hikers closer and closer to the exotic looking orchid plant.
Back at the camp, the other hikers were wondering where their fellow hikers had wondered off. It had been several hours since they had left the camp and the other hikers were starting to get worried. When they went looking for their lost friends they came upon a very big, very colorful orchid plant. Lying next to this plant was a hat, when upon closer inspection they discovered, belonged to one of the lost hikers. This was very strange and the hikers began looking up and down the rim of the volcano trying to find their friends. They concluded that they must have gotten too close to the edge and fallen into the volcano. The hikers were very sad and began walking back towards their camp.
Along the way they had to pass by the huge orchid plant. The very distraught hikers decided to pick a few flowers off in memory of their lost friends. The hikers walked up to the huge orchid plant and plucked off the flowers, said a little prayer and threw the flowers into the volcano. As they started to walk back to camp they noticed the huge orchid plant had started rustling, but there wasn't any wind and the air was perfectly still. Suddenly, the huge orchid plant opened up and as quick as a frogs tongue snatched up the remaining hikers in one big gulp.
Some say this is true, some say this is just a story, but somebody found their logbook that explained what the hikers had done during their trip, and ironically it was found next to a huge colorful orchid plant.