Gray Backlight. Utricularia vulgaris, Common Bladderwort, Botanic Garden, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
The reflection of this pond's water is Gray. It was a perfectly ghastly rainy and windy, chilly and dreich day. I went anyway to Delft to meet up with a friend to visit the tomb of William the Silent of Orange. But beforehand, I ventured out to the little gem of a Botanic Garden of the Technical University. It's a mere 100 years old - very young compared to other famous botanical gardens in The Netherlands often dating 300 or more years back. But it's a delightful place. It was founded primarily as a 'technological' garden for the culture of economically useful plants especially from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Since then it's developed further into a special place for endangered plants and a number of special collections such as Gingers, Nutmeg, Witchhazel, and more.
Here's Common Bladderwort, bright against the water reflecting the gray, stormy sky. In this photo, you can't see the 'bladders'; they're little structures on the stems under water which trap small aquatic animals. But for today the Bright Yellow Blossom lifts one's spirits to look beyond the Gray to the Sun and the Blue.
Gray Backlight. Utricularia vulgaris, Common Bladderwort, Botanic Garden, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
The reflection of this pond's water is Gray. It was a perfectly ghastly rainy and windy, chilly and dreich day. I went anyway to Delft to meet up with a friend to visit the tomb of William the Silent of Orange. But beforehand, I ventured out to the little gem of a Botanic Garden of the Technical University. It's a mere 100 years old - very young compared to other famous botanical gardens in The Netherlands often dating 300 or more years back. But it's a delightful place. It was founded primarily as a 'technological' garden for the culture of economically useful plants especially from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Since then it's developed further into a special place for endangered plants and a number of special collections such as Gingers, Nutmeg, Witchhazel, and more.
Here's Common Bladderwort, bright against the water reflecting the gray, stormy sky. In this photo, you can't see the 'bladders'; they're little structures on the stems under water which trap small aquatic animals. But for today the Bright Yellow Blossom lifts one's spirits to look beyond the Gray to the Sun and the Blue.