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Er hat lange den frostigen Temperaturen standgehalten
der Borretsch
aber -8° über Nacht hat er nicht überlebt, wie die meisten anderen einjährigen Gartenpflanzen.
Detail of the backside of my "Star-flowers" tessellation. Don't know why the colors changed...... magic by the camera...... ;-))
Happy weekend!
If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album "Origami - Tessellation Progression".
Spring Starflower | Ipheion uniflorum | Amaryllidaceae
Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8
10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Orbea variegata, formerly known as Stapelia variegata, is a species of flowering succulents that will surely impress you once you find out how unique and interesting it is. A member of the Apocynaceae family, this succulent plant is native to the coastal belt of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Although it looks very much like a cactus, Orbea variegata is not closely related to the true cactus family at all.
There is no surprise that Orbea variegata enjoys lots of popularity worldwide. This succulent is an irresistible mix of peculiar and marvellous, bringing a touch of personality to any dull spot from your surroundings. Beyond looks, it is super friendly and comes along with very few demands from its owner.
Its genus name “Orbea” comes from the Latin word “orbis”, which means disk, circle. This name refers to the more or less prominent central disk of its flowers. The specific epithet “variegata” points out the variegated petals that present multiple markings.
Duvalia sulcata (ssp. sulcata) has a disjunct distribution in southern Yemen and in Sudan.
Duvalia sulcata is the most beautiful, large-flowered duvalia. It is a succulent, perennial plants with low, planar growth with branches rooting at the base and can form wide carpets which, at the right moment, can carry many flowers. The shoots are mottled grey-green with long soft teeth and four-angled in cross-section. The hermaphroditic flowers are ca. 3 cm long, opened to 4.5 cm in diameter and are characterized by the flat brownish red annulus with long, white hairs. The corolla lobes have 5 deep nerves on the upper side and are fringed with long red and white club-hairs at the base. These club-hairs hardly remain still and move in the slightest breeze, possibly attracting insects. However the stems and the corolla size, colour and indumentum are quite variable. D. sulcata differs from the African species by its quadrangular stems and very large flowers. It might belong to its own growth-form group.
Not the first year I pictured these, only I still don 't know their name! Maybe one of you does? They are growing very low to the ground in much density.. and are very pale blue, almost white.. Thx!
A clump of Ipheion Uniflorum Triteliea (Scented Starflower) sway in the breeze on a sunny spring afternoon.
One of the good thing of moving is going through your old stuff to see if you want to keep it of not. To my surprise I found a few origami starflowers (in a not origami book) from the very beginning when I started folding. ;-))
On the left you see one unit. On the right you see an assembled 'Star-Flower' of 11 units, with a color change.
All units are folded from a small piece of blue kamipaper (2,5x2,5cm). Final size 'Star-flower' 5,5x5,5cm.
I really don't know anymore on what occasion I folded it and if there are any diagrams. Sorry for that.
AKA chickweed-wintergreen, arctic starflower, metsätähti (fin).
Taken with Canon FD 50mm F3.5 Macro / APS-C Sensor / Natural Light / Lightroom.
Please view large and concentrate on the black parts…..do you see the star rotating?
The extended version of my origami -tessellation "Star-Flower" and also the other side of 'Flower-Star'.
Hexagon 30cm, grit 1:48, wrapping paper
If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".
Spring Starflower (Ipheion uniflorum)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2022
In a garden along our street.
Backlit version of the "Extended Flower-Star" and a bit of post-processing. I love backlit versions of origami tessellations, it makes the pattern more vivid.
It is one tessellation, but with two different sides, the other side looks like this.
Not yet the final version…… ;-)
Folded with "Anett-Paper', grid 1:96,hexagon of 43cm.
The final size 20cm.
If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".
The other side my origami-tessellation 'Flower-Star',, which is another idea of changing my basic origami-tessellation 'Start'.
This one is called "Star-Flower"
Folded from a hexagon 15cm, 'Anett-paper', grid 1:32
If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".
The last model in the origami Star-Flower recovered series. Actually this one is made out of two: a small blue (8 units, each 2x2cm, blue kami paper) stuck on a larger one (also 8 units, each 4x4cm, green kamipaper).
In the first comment box, you see the two previous variations.
(I really don't know anymore on what occasion I folded it and if there are any diagrams. Sorry for that.)
As background I used a patterned origami-paper and added a texture.
Have a lovely weekend ahead ;-)
Side view of the landed origami "Spaceship". ;-))
Here you can see the topview , where the origami spaceship 'Iceflower' is preparing for landing.
This time I folded the 'Starflower' from glassine and on a bigger grid 1:32, so I had more space left at the edges to invent this "Spaceship".
Hexagon about 15cm, finished model about 9cm.
AKA chickweed-wintergreen, arctic starflower, metsätähti (fin).
Taken with Canon nFD 50mm F1.4 / APS-C Sensor / Natural Light / Lightroom,
Another idea of changing my basic origami-tessellation 'Start' in to this new little one, called "Flower-Star".
Here you can see the backside called 'Star-Flower'
It is folded from a hexagon 15cm, 'Anett-paper', grid 1:32
If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".
AKA Chickweed-wintergreen, Arctic starflower, Metsätähti (fin).
Taken with Canon FD 50mm F3.5 Macro + 50mm Extension Tube (3:2 Macro) / Full Frame Sensor / Natural Light / Lightroom.
AKA chickweed-wintergreen, arctic starflower, metsätähti (fin).
Taken with Canon FD 50mm F3.5 Macro / APS-C Sensor / Natural Light / Lightroom.
Delicate blossoms of ipheion uniflorum at Filoli. Also known as starflowers, they originated in Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil. It is related to the onions, so is placed in the allium subfamily (Allioideae) of the Amaryllidaceae.
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