This is the Calypso orchid. It is not West Indian in the least, since it lives only in the Northern temperate zones. It is named after the Greek nymph, Calypso, who tried to keep Odysseus captive, as her sex slave, pretty much. Some orchids do that to their pollinators, but this one just tries to trick them into thinking it is offering them a feast. In fact, it has nothing for them, not one drop of nectar. Despite all that, something about the expression on its face does it for me.
Calypso means concealment, which might seem an odd name for the genre of music that certainly is West Indian. Or, on the other hand, perhaps it sort of works, even though the reason for the name is almost certainly drift from a vaguely similar word in another language, probably kaiso in Ibibio/Efik or possibly carrouseaux in French (but similar to carouse in English). ‘Kay, you know, I’m just going to spend the rest of the weekend listening to this. Everything about this, and everything about Calypso Rose makes me feel happy. Also, some of the trees in this video are something else!