A Bleeding Heart.

A flower a day for February.

Most probably a young Hydnellum peckii, and the 'goo' is most probably aurantiacin or thelephoric acid, which has been used for centuries to dye wool. Later on, the fungus would've developed the sharp structures that give it the 'tooth' part of its name.

source: Flickr's own dogsbody, and Tom Volk's mushroom pages at: botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/aug2003.html

the song

Bleeding ink down on my face and not even god Can do something for me.

Bleeding ink of words That i Will Never Say tomorrow

Black water That surrounds me and washes off my pain.

Bleeding ink, it Will be the last time, because if the refused my wellness, they Will accept my suffering.

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Taken at the Mesa Arts Center during a showcase exhibition sponsored by the Phoenix-area Fred Astaire studios. The annual event is held as a benefit for MS patients. This is the same couple shown in a previous image, and here they are concluding their mesmerizing performance. (Not to worry; neither of the female dancers in this image or its companion is collapsing or fainting!)

Always exciting to see these lovely flowers appear, and they're a little ahead of schedule this year. Dicentra eximia, a member of the poppy family.

Longwood Gardens

Non-political statement - actually the flowers. Pun intended!

One of my favorite flowers! Bleeding hearts! I got this one from my uncle’s sister and I’m so grateful to her for it. In fact, that’s where I got my irises and lilies and other flowers too! Anyway, bleeding hearts are some of my favorite flowers. There’s just something detailed and beautiful about them. And a little sad too. They sort of grow in a pattern that reminds me of teardrops hanging off a vine.

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weather has been awful last few days - lots of clouds, lots of rain. but it also meant beautiful sunsets. whis was one of those sunsets that you do not see very often, sky starting off as graying blue, slowly changing to yellowish orange, then to reddish orange, then turning into blood red, before it all goes back to gray...

Taken in my neighborhood.

Independence day Celebrations in Khi

please don't mind the ISO noise -

this one is captured with a digital dinosaur and cropped ...

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(i) organism common name; Luzon Bleeding-heart

(ii) organism latin name, (if not sure, use "latinus latinus"); Gallicolumba luzonica

(iii) Artist name; Heather E. Harlow/Forbidding

(iv) Artist website ("n/a" if not applicable) forbidding.deviantart.com

Phylo submission is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic specific for use in the Phylo card project.

Bleeding-heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis L.), 113 Elm Street, Piedmont District, Worcester, MA.

Photo by Breanna Kennedy

Pentacon 50/1.8

Accidental Dicentra

A shot of a bleeding heart plant I took last week.

Taken with my Zuiko 70-300 telemacro lens.

Strobist info: Lumopro120 1/2 power behind subject and to camera right just outside of frame.

I have always liked the glowing transilluminated look for flowers and leaves. But the timing was always difficult for the sun to be in just the right spot.

I am learning more and more how to bring my own "sun" with me and MAKE the photo rather than just take it.

fruitvale ave. gas station bathroom - oakland, california

Of late, I have realized my photos have displayed how I felt currently during that situation. Not just the pose, and composition, but the lighting and tones.

In this photo, I think it's pretty easy to see what I'm feeling like. Not just by the song, but by the colors. Sort of depressional.

Sort of Inspired by Rosie Hardy

I always think of my best friends Mom when I see these flowers, because of the story she shared with us kids. If you take the flower apart, you will find pieces to 'one' story of how the Bleeding Heart got its name. The pink petals represent the Princess' gown, and you can see her earrings and slippers as well. Last, there is a dagger, which a Prince used to stab his own heart when he could not win the Princess'. As a result, the Princess declared that Her heart would bleed forever.

Roma Street Parklands

April 24, 2011

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'Thing about red, they can't tell how much you're bleeding."

Cosplay by @serene_assassincosplay

A macro taken for the group Macro Mondays. Theme: Three

Ok, so there are five---but only three have bloomed.

Bleeding heart or Lamprocapnos spectabilis growing in a mountain in South Korea.

I am not much of a "flower" photographer but I find these flowers to be quite unique and beautiful, and always try to find the time to photograph them each year :)

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