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A Japanese legend is one version of how the bleeding heart flower came to be. A young man tried to win the love of a young lady. He did this by giving a pair of rabbits (which are the first two petals of the flower), a pair of earrings (which are the next two petals of the flower), and finally a pair of slippers (which are the last two petals of the flower) to the girl. She continued to reject his affections, and, heart-broken, he pierced his heart with his sword (the middle part of the flower), which caused the heart to bleed.
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ケマンソウ（タイツリソウ） in my garden
学名 Lamprocapnos spectabilis (formerly Dicentra spectabilis)
英名 Bleeding Heart
Bleeding heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis or Dicentra spectabilis/ Cerceii Doamnei sau Inimă însângerată, Fam. Papaveraceae
Lamprocapnos spectabilis is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan.
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A strange sight to behold in the woods, a bleeding mushroom (Hydnellum peckii) oozing bright red... 'blood'.
Actually, the red liquid produced by young bleeding mushrooms (strangely) contains a pigment known to have anticoagulant properties similar to heparin. Mature blood mushroom's caps are dry and do not produce this red liquid.
It's been a while since I visited the Chicago Botanic Garden, so I had a good ramble there on Sunday. I looked for bald eagles (there were none), and checked out areas that had been closed over the past couple of years. As I was about to go past the Hilltop Garden, I realized the Bleeding Heart should be in bloom, and there is a white variety there. I did find some, but not in the numbers as previously. I guess there'd been a reorganization of the garden at some point.
It's kind of startling to come across one of these blood mushrooms (Hydnellum peckii) in the woods, they look so much like they are bleeding real blood...
Coincidentally, this red 'blood' does produce a pigment that has strong anticoagulant properties in human and animal blood.
I first learned about these remarkable mushrooms several years ago, from a fellow WUnderPhotos member, Algoresister from North Bend Oregon. In her area, they 'bloomed' in October.
Bleeding Heart. Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.
"Every mornin'
I can hear out of my window
The blues come winning
I can hear the blues call my name baby
Every mornin'
Every mornin'
You can hear the willows weep and mown for me
Lord now, every mornin' you can hear the willows weep and mown for me
My little girl has left me
That's what caused my heart to bleed
That's all that caused my heart to bleed
Bleeding heart
Lord that's too bad I have a bleeding heart
Please come back home to me baby"
Jimi Hendrix - Bleeding Heart -
The Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) is one of a number of species of ground dove in the genus Gallicolumba that are called "bleeding-hearts". The Luzon Bleeding-heart is the species in which the "blood" feature is most pronounced, with the reddish hue extending down the belly, furthering the illusion of blood having run down the bird's breast.
I just about caught the bluebells at the Bluebell Woods behind the Bleeding Wolf pub in Scholar Green. But they weren't as numerous or thick as previous years and it was hard to get a field of blue, so I tried something different. The result isn't 'great' but it is 'different', and I doubt you will see another shot like this. Were you aware that one manufacturer had been working on a camera design that would refuse to take a shot the same as anyone else? Good idea, but it would stuff a lot of landscape togs and instagramers who only try to tick off the honeypot shots with a big orange blob in the background without any imagination or flair for something different.
........ On Explore Feb 23, 2009, #388 .........
Bleeding Heart, also known as Tränendes Herz, Venus's car, Dutchman's trousers or Dicentra spectabilis
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Nikon D7000. Tamron 180mm macro. 1/320th @ F4.5. ISO 500. EV = 0 WB = sun. Shutter Priority. Single Point AF. Photographed May 6, 2011
タイツリリソウ（鯛釣草） 、華鬘草（ケマンソウ） in my garden
英名 Bleeding heart
学名 Lamprocapnos spectabilis（Dicentra spectabilis）
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