Growing up in the Philippines, Halili was surrounded by the abundance of this most intriguing of flowers, as well as its range with thousands of species. The orchid is the flower most closely associated with humans, in particular with female anatomy. In Halili's "bird's eye" views, the central core of the orchid is at times abstract, at times like an oyster with pearl nestled in its folds, at others, rippling petals frame the flower's inner structure. Each of the orchids is focused around one color, a brilliant fuchsia, a dazzling gold. Like his butterfly collection, which depicted butterflies on intricate fabrics with complex patterns, his orchids have patterns, ribbons of ribs in the petals, dots and dashes of color surrounding the central nucleus.