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| The rain
forest is home to some of the most beautiful flowers in the world.
We selected two that are fun and easy to draw. As in drawing a butterfly,
remember to be creative in your color selection.
This flower looks a lot like its North American cousin (or uncle perhaps?), the swamp pink, and it's really easy to do. Start with a pink lollipop on a green stick.
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Now get a darker pink pencil with a good
point and start making short lines all around it, going in all directions.
(If you're at the bottom of the flower, for instance, draw the short line
pointing down). Add a yellow tip to some of your darker pink lines.
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| Orchids are grown all over the world in greenhouses and people's homes, but in the rain forest, these beautiful flowers that people dote over so much grow in wild abundance. A lovely sight are orchids such as these growing out of tree trunks. If you break your drawing down into 6 steps (for 6 petals), you'll find drawing orchids to be much easier than growing them. |  STEP
1
The top petal which should, of course, be pointing up. |
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This petal comes out of the middle of the flower we call it the "tongue." Put some  yellow
at the top. |
STEP 3 The two side petals look
like this  and
should go left and right  |
STEP 4 These two petals are to the
left and right of the tongue, below the side petals. They point down to
the left 
and down to the right  |
Here's
what our orchid looks like assembled. Add
some green leaves, and draw additional flowers in clusters of two or three.
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