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My geranium with some Carolina jasmine in the background. I planted the jasmine; the geranium wandered over from another section of the garden :-)
There are about 250 different species of pelargoniums and hundreds of newer cultivars. Most of these species are indigenous to South Africa, and are found mainly - although not exclusively - along the east and west coasts and the Cape peninsula.
lifeisagarden.co.za/articles/pelargoniums-on-parade#.VCii...
Como hace unos dÃas que no publico nada porque he estado de viaje sin ordenador, empezamos por unas flores que por fin he encontrado ;-))
Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, Colorado Springs, CO - It has been a while since I posted some flower photos, and while I haven't gotten around to photographing any recently, I have quite a few left over from the summer. I'm pretty sure about the identification of this flower but if anyone has a better definition, please do let me know.
A wild flower shot taken at our place in Wisconsin last weekend. I am so bad at flower IDs. I'm better at bugs and birdies. Please feel free to correct me. I took a few shots of this little beauty but with the constant wind this was the best I could come up with. A pretty little flower though.
Possibly a geranium? :-)
One of my favourite parts of taking pictures is using a shallow depth of field........ don't ask me why, I just love the effects you can get :-)
Sony RX-100
Aperture Æ’/2.8
Focal length 10.5 mm
Shutter 1/320
ISO 125
Geranium maculatum - The flowers have five pale purple petals and ten stamens. The leaves are palmate with five deeply cut lobes which are deeply parted into three parts, each of which is again split and toothed. This plant was near a Friendly's restaurant in Carmel, New York.
Pelargonie
Micro-Nikkor 105 mm f/2.8 AI-s.
There are several pots of geraniums placed in strategic places around my house. They add splashes of bright colour which are joy to the eye. I tried to (rather casually) photograph them a few times but wasn’t satisfied with the results. I wasn’t able to render properly the vibrant colours of the plant. Yesterday, looking at the burning reds of the flowers against dark greens of the leaves and realizing that their transient beauty would be soon lost I spent an hour trying to find proper light and lenses to give justice to those beautiful plants. I found the best light almost at dusk and liked colour rendering and smooth bokeh transition of this manual Micro-Nikkor most pleasing. The bed of lavenders in the background gives a nice contrasting touch. The picture was carefully composed and the result is almost untouched in the post.
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring. Confusingly, geranium is also the common name of members of the genus Pelargonium, which are also in the Geraniaceae family and are widely grown as horticultural bedding plants. The shape of the flowers offers one way of distinguishing between the two genera Geranium and Pelargonium. Geranium flowers have five very similar petals, and are thus radially symmetrical (actinomorphic), whereas Pelargonium (and also Erodium) flowers have two upper petals which are different from the three lower petals, so the flowers have a single plane of symmetry. 6130
Belgium. National Botanic Garden
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