Extreme Passion
This little wild, untended vine on a chain link fence near my office has produced more blooms this year than ever before in the 12 years that I've worked here, but they only last about a day and I rarely get to see them in the sunlight. I caught this one on my lunch break yesterday, had fun playing with this photo on the PC. (Gotta wonder about the evolutionary basis for such dramatic color and morphology. The only insects I ever see "working" these flowers are green-bottle flies, and I don't think they're very discriminating.)
Extreme Passion
This little wild, untended vine on a chain link fence near my office has produced more blooms this year than ever before in the 12 years that I've worked here, but they only last about a day and I rarely get to see them in the sunlight. I caught this one on my lunch break yesterday, had fun playing with this photo on the PC. (Gotta wonder about the evolutionary basis for such dramatic color and morphology. The only insects I ever see "working" these flowers are green-bottle flies, and I don't think they're very discriminating.)