Golden Slippers

23 April 2010 - Venus, the Goddess of love and beauty, was hunting in the company of Adonis, the God of vegetation. Surprised by a stoem, they took refuge in the woods, and while the two were nestled against one another, the inevitable happened. By chance, Venus lost a golden slipper during their frolic, and soon after, a mortal discovered it. But as he was about to pick it up, the shoe turned into a flower. And thus the first orchid was born.