These 12 very special Andean Orchid Flower Essences are made in the Villkabamba (meaning sacred place), mountains in and around Machu Picchu, Peru, from orchids in full bloom, found well adapted and happy in their natural habitat high in the Andes. The mother essences were placed in the sun at several sacred sites in Peru to gather additional powerful vibrations. It is said that Orchids are the flower of ascension. Their DNA structure is the most evolved of any plant on earth. Because of their complex nature, they synthesize the workings of supreme intelligence. On the evolutionary ladder of the plant world, orchids are comparable to the animal kingdom species of dolphins and humans.