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Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos, Mexican asteror cosmea, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens. Cosmos bipinnatus is an annual that is often considered half-hardy, although plants may reappear via self-sowing for several years. The plant height varies from 0.61–1.83–2.74 m. The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. The branched stem is usually densely to occasionally occupied by fine, split up, rough trichomes, but some specimens are completely hairless. The petiole itself is inconspicuous, winged, 10 (rarely to 15) mm long, and sometimes the leaves are almost sessile. The very conspicuous cup-shaped inflorescences have a diameter of usually 5–7 cm and contain tongue and tubular flowers, which are surrounded by bracts. There are usually 8 outer bracts, and they are ovate to lanceolate-tail-shaped, 7-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. The inner bracts are ovate-lanceolate and 8-12 mm long. They are translucent with many black stripes and a clear edge up to 1 mm wide, sometimes with yellowish or pink pigments, the tip is ciliate. The sprout leaves have gold-yellow, thread-like tips and protrude between the tubular flowers. The broadened base of these spreader leaves is translucent, with a yellow line. The mostly eight ray florets are pink to violet or white colored, at the base may show noticeable stains caused by anthocyanin. The tongues are reversely ovate shaped, have a length of usually 20-35 mm and a width of usually 12-20 mm. The tips are almost dull and have three broad, wavy teeth. Below that, they are greatly rejuvenated. In the center of the flower baskets is a large number of tubular flowers (also called disc florets), whose overgrown petals are yellow, turn white in the lower part and reach a length of 5-6 mm. The anthers are brownish-black and about 3 mm long, at the tips are short-triangular, translucent attachments with a length of 0.5-0.8 mm. The branches of the stylus are short and rather dull, with a length of 0.5 mm.
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Agate translucent.
Macro Photography
This week's FlickrFriday theme is: Translucent - 482
FlickrFriday-Thema der Woche: Durchscheinend - 482
FZ1000 + Marumi DHG Achromat +3
The ribbon that was on one of the Christmas cakes my sister made for us.
lenswrangler helped a bit, by telling us that back light might be the way to go.
Not so easy to do in our apartment, until I thought of sticking the ribbon to the patio door with some Blue-Tac.
Once I'd got a photo, I couldn't measure exactly how big it was, so have cropped to a ratio of 1:1 for the group rules.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
For 'Macro Mondays' theme of 'Translucent'
As usual bright ideas don't turn out as you anticipate or hope for, and then the unexpected presents itself!
A small bottle backlit on the desktop surrounded by a cylinder of tracing paper that just happened to gape open! A case of grabbing the camera which just happened to have a lens attached - four quick photographs all handheld, and unusually this is the last taken.
A little post-processing involving light levels, sharpness and colour balance, and here is an unanticipated result.
I've listened to myself saying 'KISS' (Keep It Simple Stupid') - it is certainly that!
Isco-Gottingen Projar 2.8 85mm + Waterhouse stop.
( 35mm slide projector lens on Lumix GM1)
A small bug encased in a piece of amber, with a side light. A present, that we find rather spooky and it lives in a drawer! Taken out for the Macro Mondays translucent theme.
Flickr Friday Theme 3 June 2022.
My lovely frosted translucent glass cake plate. It's circular and flat, with a leaf-vein pattern molded onto the underside, and four tiny glass feet. I've had it since 1970 and it has enjoyed many sweet uses. Pavlovas, Chocolate cakes, Birthday cakes, Christmas cakes, muffins, cup cakes and more. It doesn't come out often however, when it does, it's quite the star of the show.
Macro Mondays: Translucent
This is the beautiful hat that my sister wore years ago at her best friend's wedding. My sister's outfit was so beautiful that when we got the photos developped (yes, it was *that* long ago), the photographer gasped and asked me "your sister got married?"
Anyway, first I was thinking of the volutes of tulle for today's theme, but the satin roses also had shiny, translucent petals.
The rose is quite small, about 4 cm.