A THOUSAND FLOWERS... Strelitzia
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A stunningly beautiful flower, exotic, well to us, not in the countries where they grow naturally. I always say it, one man's exotic is another man's 'daily'... lol
I again tried to photograph them in the 'style’ that I love so much, a bit moody, dramatic, theatrical, playing with the light and dof.
Over the years I photographed thousands of flowers, with passion and joy, I never tire of them, hope you enjoy with me.
Another day, another flower, another lighting set-up, another composition.
Portrait of a Strelitzia reginae also called Bird of Paradise.
A stunningly beautiful flower, exotic, well to us, not in the countries where they grow naturally.
I always say it, one man's exotic is another man's 'daily'... lol
Strelitzia reginae is a monocotyledonous flowering plant indigenous to South Africa (the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal), where I saw them in nature.
Common names include crane flower or bird of paradise, though these names are also collectively applied to other species in the genus Strelitzia.
Its scientific name commemorates the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The plant grows to 2 m tall, with large, strong leaves 25–70 cm long and 10–30 cm broad, produced on petioles up to 1 m long.
The leaves are evergreen and arranged in two ranks, making a fan-shaped crown. The flowers stand above the foliage at the tips of long stalks.
The hard, beak-like sheath from which the flower emerges is termed the spathe.
This is placed perpendicular to the stem, which gives it the appearance of a bird's head and beak; it makes a durable perch for holding the sunbirds which pollinate the flowers.
The flowers, which emerge one at a time from the spathe, consist of three brilliant orange sepals and three purplish-blue or white petals.
Two of the blue or white petals are joined together to form an arrow-like nectary.
Thank you, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
"Bird of Paradise", "Strelitzia reginae", black-background, orange, colour, "conceptual art", design, exotic, flower "Magda indigo", single, square, studio
A THOUSAND FLOWERS... Strelitzia
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
#AbFav_The_COLOUR_ORANGE_🍊
A stunningly beautiful flower, exotic, well to us, not in the countries where they grow naturally. I always say it, one man's exotic is another man's 'daily'... lol
I again tried to photograph them in the 'style’ that I love so much, a bit moody, dramatic, theatrical, playing with the light and dof.
Over the years I photographed thousands of flowers, with passion and joy, I never tire of them, hope you enjoy with me.
Another day, another flower, another lighting set-up, another composition.
Portrait of a Strelitzia reginae also called Bird of Paradise.
A stunningly beautiful flower, exotic, well to us, not in the countries where they grow naturally.
I always say it, one man's exotic is another man's 'daily'... lol
Strelitzia reginae is a monocotyledonous flowering plant indigenous to South Africa (the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal), where I saw them in nature.
Common names include crane flower or bird of paradise, though these names are also collectively applied to other species in the genus Strelitzia.
Its scientific name commemorates the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The plant grows to 2 m tall, with large, strong leaves 25–70 cm long and 10–30 cm broad, produced on petioles up to 1 m long.
The leaves are evergreen and arranged in two ranks, making a fan-shaped crown. The flowers stand above the foliage at the tips of long stalks.
The hard, beak-like sheath from which the flower emerges is termed the spathe.
This is placed perpendicular to the stem, which gives it the appearance of a bird's head and beak; it makes a durable perch for holding the sunbirds which pollinate the flowers.
The flowers, which emerge one at a time from the spathe, consist of three brilliant orange sepals and three purplish-blue or white petals.
Two of the blue or white petals are joined together to form an arrow-like nectary.
Thank you, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
"Bird of Paradise", "Strelitzia reginae", black-background, orange, colour, "conceptual art", design, exotic, flower "Magda indigo", single, square, studio