Flowers and other Flora

[Click]

I really like this picture. Well done, npdien.

 

[ISv]

Nice photos npdien!
Here some from yesterday. The last one is... just leaf of Bromelia (I call that one "the surfer") !

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, ISv.

 

[ISv]

Thanks Click!

 

[npdien]

Lovely shots, ISv. I prefer the first and third pictures.

 

[Click]

Lovely. Nicely done, npdien.

 

[dpc]

Nice photos npdien!
Here some from yesterday. The last one is... just leaf of Bromelia (I call that one "the surfer"View attachment 182136View attachment 182137View attachment 182138View attachment 182139) !

Nice going! I really like the little lizard. Nice lighting and composition.

 

[dpc]

Floral abstracts in honour of the upcomig holidays.

 

[dpc]

Floral abstract: poinsettia petals with texture overlay

 

[Del Paso]

1. Sunflower
2. Pretty, but unknown to me

Nr. 2 is a dahlia

 

[Del Paso]

1. Don't know what this is
2. Sweet peas against fence

lleborus
Nr. are sweet peas, n

1. Brown-eyed Susans
2. Unsure

Nr. 2 looks like a helleborus

 

[dpc]

Some form of lily, I believe, but perhaps someone more horticulturally literate can inform me. I love flowers but don't know a lot about them. (Fujifilm FinePix X100)

 

[Click]

Very nice picture, dpc.

 

[Chaitanya]

Here are 3 Ceropegia from a hill close to my city. there are total of 4 species that grow here but was unable to locate the 4th on steep slopes. Also I forgot names of each of these plants which in hindsight should have been tagged on the day I shot them.

 

[Click]

Nicely done, Chaitanya. I especially like the last one.

 

[Chaitanya]

Nicely done, Chaitanya. I especially like the last one.

Thank you, I was restricted by rain and foggy weather that day. Now I have to wait till next monsoons to find Ceropegia again. Will be checking few spots in Western ghats for Orchids that bloom in winters and summers also few flowering hotspots from Himalayas are on agenda for 2019.

 

[ISv]

Nicely done, Chaitanya. I especially like the last one.

+1 but I have to admit I'm 50/50 between first and the last one. I have never seen something like these!
Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[dpc]

Daffodils to remind myself that warmer times are ahead, albeit quite far ahead...

 

[Click]

Lovely flowers. Well done, dpc.

 

[Chaitanya]

+1 but I have to admit I'm 50/50 between first and the last one. I have never seen something like these!
Merry Christmas everyone!

There are about 35-36 species of Ceropegia that grow in western ghats, and these plants are highly seasonal in terms of flowering and highly endemic to certain localities. They have a funny way of pollinating flowers and nearly trapping the pollinators until the job of pollination is done.