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I am obsessed with the cyclamens growing on my terrace where they seem to thrive. They change by the minute, literally. I liked this one for the touches of white and the curly edges to the leaves.
Seen at the Eden Project in Cornwall UK. Amazing this nature thing!
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Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea - Osmundaceae) fiddlehead unfurling
Schmeeckle Reserve, Stevens Point, Central Wisconsin
Another wonderful week is unfurling, my dear friends !!! Let it be peaceful, joyous and fruitful !!!
A sunflower bud is in the process of blossoming in my garden !!
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சித்தாந்த மார்க்கச் சிறப்பே பராபரமே !!!
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Birds nest fern at Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI
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A bud on its way to becoming a huge white wildflower blossom, on a plant generally regarded as a noxious and toxic weed. But its flowers are glorious!
UC Davis Arboretum, Davis, Ca. June, 2023.
A large, but compact native shrub within family Proteaceae. This is specifically Dorothy Gordon, a hybrid of Grevillea sessilis and Grevillea paradoxa.
A chance natural seedling was discovered at the Myall Park Botanic Garden in Queensland where the parent plants were growing.
It has two toned flowers of pink and beautifully contrasting burgundy and has flushes of flowers throughout the year, as well as bronzed new foliage growth. The flowers are a magnet to nectar eating birds and mammals.
The 'flowers' occur as an inflorescence which, in some species of Grevillea, may consist of 100 or more individual flowers.
Link to image of half-opened inflorescence: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/52337984100/in/photol...
Can grow to 3m high by 2 m width.
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In honor of 4th of July, Independence Day and thanks to all those who serve. I took this shot for a photo contest with the theme "Look Up" and today is a great day to share it.
( Explore 7/4/15 )
Always mesmerising to see a bud unfurl into one of the blousiest blooms!
I collected the buds and smaller ones, still gorgeous and fragrant, so bounteous with their beauty.
The name of Peony is after a Paion (Peon) who was a student of the Gods' Doctor Asklipios. Paion had cured a wound Hercules had caused to Pluto.
Asklipios got very angry with his student and killed him.
Pluto then metamorphosed Paion into a flower.
This flower is supposed to relief many illnesses and fever.
The Japanese protect the earliest peony blooms from the snow by protecting them with individual small thatched shelters. Some geishas used to wear special peony colours.
The Chinese name for peony is "sho yu" which means "most beautiful" and they idolised this flower.
The common thread is that the flower always denotes luxury and indulgence.
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