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The photo was taken in the morning after a heavy dew.
The flowers open fully at night. This flower is closing. The anther filaments and the style are curling back into the flower. The flower will not open again.
When I saw the blooms on the camellia, I recognized it immediately as a Purple Dawn. That was my daddy's favorite flower. Note the obvious presence of purple tinging the deep pink of the petals. Translucent light makes the pink glow, and emphasizes the darker tones. There is a family story behind this camellia, not this particular plant, but the one which my daddy planted years and years ago.
P. lactiflora cultivar, introduced by Auten, 1943; double bomb form, red, early midseason, approx. 36 - 48" (90 - 120 cm) tall, floriferous, very fragrant
Flowers are deep, old rose red colour; delicious, sweet fragrance; so tall that it stands over most other peonies; however, stiff, reddish stems hold flowers erect, so that no staking is needed; fine foliage; very good in warmer climates; good cut flower
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Latin name: Lupinus - Lupin
Thought I would bring a touch of floral colour to the mix so this was a Lupin in our garden, photographed in late Spring, in May this year.
Taken with my Canon EOS 7D and Canon EF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens, and framed in Photoshop.
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Broad-leaved Helleborine / epipactis helleborine. Cromford, Derbyshire. 19/07/18.
Generally plants favouring dappled light or shaded woodland, this Broad-leaved Helleborine was typically growing under a Beech tree and took some searching for. Light striking parts of it‘s leaves and flowers helped me eventually pick it out among ferns and other vegetation. Like so many things though, once I got my eye in, the hunt for others becomes easier!
At the top of the raceme there was a dense gathering of Blackfly encircling the stem, feeding on plant sap. The aphids in turn, were being 'milked' for their honeydew by a species of ant. You can just about make this out by viewing the image large.
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The Mandevilla or the "Brazilian Jasmine" flowers very well in Australia from September through to June. It is a climbing plant and very colourful.
There's something about the shape that makes you want to twirl the stem and brush the dust away ;o)
Shot with the Sony NEX-6 using the Lensbaby Composer Pro with 4+ macro filter and the F2.8 aperture ring
My Gerbera, Daisy set: Gerbera & Daisies
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Bulgarian geranium,
meteorological spring, day 75
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Geranium macrorrhizum - Balkan-Storchschnabel,
meteorologischer Frühling, Tag 75
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And a cocky (Sulphur Crested Cockatoo) near a blossom tree (in Sydney).
This little vignette of semi-wild life was captured at my local railway station in Spring. Usually there is fierce competition for these landing places: looking hard you can see there is a pigeon to the right.
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Broad-leaved Helleborine / epipactis helleborine. Cromford, Derbyshire. 19/07/18.
'DONE AND DUSTED.'
The Broad-leaved Helleborine is irresistible to Common Wasps because of it's nectar and because of the smell of raw meat that it emits. Wasps (and other insects) get lured in, possibly associating the smell of meat with a sugary treat!
A Broad-leaved Helleborine's pollinia is cleverly designed to stick to the head of a nectar-seeking wasp as it crawls further across the lip of the flower. It is believed that wasps are incapable of brushing off pollinia from their heads, because they get too intoxicated with traces of narcotics in the nectar. Thus, they career from flower to flower in a somewhat clumsy manner and in doing so, provide a pollination service.
My image made last year, shows that the process described had occurred with this particular wasp. If viewed large, you can see a fine dusting of pollen as well as the pollinia stuck to the insect's head.
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The Bromeliad is native to tropical America. The plant usually only flowers once, then it sends out new leaves to form a new plant, where the next flower grows. This plant likes to be watered in the centre or the tank.
Duke Ellington's "Deep Purple"
I've loved this since I was a child... I always felt it deeply and I still do...
My favorite recording was much more recent. It was beautifully recorded by Nino Tempo and April Stevens.
When the deep purple falls
Over sleepy garden walls
And the stars begin to twinkle in the night
In the mist of a memory
You wander all back to me
Breathing my name with a sigh
In the still of the night
Once again I hold you tight
Tho' you're gone your love lives on when light beams
And as long as my heart will beat
Sweet lover, we'll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams
When the deep purple falls
Over sleepy garden walls
And the stars begin to twinkle
In the night
In the mist of a memory
You wander all back to me
Breathing my name with a sigh
In the still of the night
Once again I hold you tight
Tho' you're gone your love lives on when moonlight beams
And as long as my heart will beat
Sweet lover, we'll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams
And as long as my heart will beat
Sweet lover, we'll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams
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From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.