Kimnach's Pink Orchid Cactus

by Brian Tada

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Kimnach's Pink Orchid Cactus

Artist

Brian Tada

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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01.04.21: THANK YOU to the precious customer who purchased a 36 inch x 24 inch framed print of “Kimnah’s Pink” to decorate their new home in Alaska. May you enjoy your print for many years to come. God bless you!

12.09.2020: THANK YOU to the precious customer from Los Angeles, California who purchased a greeting card of “Kimnach’s Pink”. May you enjoy your card for many years to come. God bless you!

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An orchid cactus (epiphyllum) blooms gloriously in a San Francisco Bay Area garden, August 2017.

This cultivar was named “Kimnach’s Pink” after Myron Kimnach, noted American botanist and former director of the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, whose pioneering work in epiphyllum hybridization has produced an amazing array of floral colors we enjoy today.

Epiphyllums are native to the tropical rain forests of Central and South America. Hybridization has produced blossoms of every color except true blue which does not exist naturally in the cactus family.

I have researched the color “pink”. Though it is associated with the noble cause of breast cancer awareness and eventual cure, it has deep spiritual meaning as well. Pink refers to passion for Yeshua Jesus and His Kingdom. It also represents simple yet profound childlike faith in Messiah.

“He [Jesus] called a little child and set him before them, and said, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.’” (Matthew 18:2-4, Amplified Bible)

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Grateful to God this image won the following contest award(s) on Fine Art America::

2nd Place, Pretty Flowers contest, 11.22.17. Thank you to Bukunolami Olamilokun for hosting the contest and to all who voted. God bless you!


Recipient of the following group feature award(s) ~ special THANK YOU to the group host(s) on Fine Art America, for kindly featuring this image on the home page(s) of the following group(s). God bless you!:

* 1,000 VIEWS ON 1 IMAGE, 10.25.22
* 3,000 to 3,999 VIEWS, 10.26.22
* 100 FAVORITE, 10.31.22
* BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, 11.27.22


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Artwork notes:

Embedded in the top right-hand corner is the Hebrew acronym for "B'ezras Hashem" [ב ס " ד] meaning "with God's help". It is a reminder to me as an artist of my dependence on the Almighty, the Originator of all creativity. This is a similar acknowledgement used by great artists like Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel who signed their work with the Latin phrase, "Soli Deo gloria" which means, "Glory to God alone".

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMP). Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Photograph copyright © 2017 Brian Tada. All rights reserved. To the glory of God. This image may not be copied, photographed, downloaded, distributed, displayed online or altered in any way.

As this is part of my livelihood, your purchase would be appreciated to help support my work in fine art floral photography. Thank you very much. God bless you.

More artwork is available at: www.PropheticPortraits.net

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August 15th, 2017

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