Flowers and other Flora

[ISv]

Day off and the same botanical garden again...

Dragon fruit (Selenicereus sp.), Gardenia sp. (non of them Hawaiian) and one more Hawaiian endemic Hibiscus. I don't know what is the plant on the last two photos...

 

[Click]

Lovely shots, ISv.

 

[becceric]

While wandering on trails, I rarely see accessible irises. This is a less cluttered example.


Shortly afterwards, I found a group yet to blossom.


Then a solitary iris with the pond beyond it providing a pleasant background.


I'm enjoying my free time this spring.

 

[becceric]

At a pitch pine bog trail I came across a few scattered Pink Lady Slippers.
This image is a rudimentary 7 shot photo stack. Between the breeze, manual focus, and aerial bombardments from mosquitos, I'm pleased that it turned out as well as it did.

 

[becceric]

Dames Rocket. If I stopped down, the background would have been worse. I should have tried a focus bracket attempt, but I was standing (wavering) on a retaining wall and didn't have my tripod with me.

 

[Click]

Lovely. Nicely done, becceric.

 

[becceric]

Lovely. Nicely done, becceric.

Thanks, Click. A break in the rain and trails to wander on do wonders for me.

 

[Noreaster]

 

[Nemorino]

R5 + RF 100L 2.8
sweet William @ f/5.0

 

[Click]

Noreaster and Nemorino,

Nicely done, guys!

 

[ISv]

These are from last weekend. Koko Crater Botanical Garden. The only significant plant from these photos is the endemic Wiliwili Tree (Erythrina sandwichensis). First two photos. I have seen it only on two locations on Oahu: in this botanical garden (established 1958, the groove of Wiliwili has been there tons of years before) and on mountain slop on the opposite end of the Island.

 

[dcm]

Waterlilies in backyard pond are doing well despite some neglect this year.
R6, RF100-400.

Next generation poking through the surface on the left.


Old and new.

 

[ISv]

From the last weekend. The only interesting (and not posted up to now) plant was the Pink form of Abutilon menziesii. I was searching the rare white and the extremely rare Yellow-green forms - didn't find any. The first photo is the "regular" red form - 2-3 weeks older photo for comparison.
What surprised me was the new info: this plant was actually existing in the Crater before the official botanical garden. When I started researching I found that it's a critically endangered and somewhere ~10 years ago there have been just few hundreds wild plants remaining on the Islands (it means in the World).
Now I think there are about the same (or half?) number just in the Koko Crater Botanical garden. Great job from the gardeners!!!

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, ISv. I really like the second one. Awesome!

 

[ISv]

Beautiful shots, ISv. I really like the second one. Awesome!

Thanks Click!
This species is an endemic to Hawaii but not specifically to Oahu (exists on few more of the main islands). There is one more (out of three Abutilons endemic for Hawaii) that I really would like to add to my photo-collection: Abutilon sandwicense aka "Greenflower Indian mallow"! It's an endemic to Oahu (only!) and exists only at 1-2 locations in Waianae Mountains (west Oahu). Tell me about the misleading common names!!!! The third endemic Abutilon for Hawaii I already have. It's strictly endemic to Lanai Island and I got it in Botanical garden: Abutilon eremitopetalum (photo). This one is the less impressive like a flower and even my photo is... ( ).

 

[ISv]

With the birds it was pretty bad today. Not much from the flowers too: the only image that may make a sense of my trip there today...

 

[Click]

Lovely. Nicely done, ISv.

 

[ISv]

Lovely. Nicely done, ISv.

Thanks Click!

 

[becceric]

The other day my wife picked up a Mandevilla with intense coloring. This is an 18 image focus stack. Ef 100mm L, f/2.8 Affinity Photo.
I tried a 56 image stack, but while the edge details were sharper, the petal texture was softer.

 

[Nemorino]

I tried a 56 image stack, but while the edge details were sharper, the petal texture was softer.

Did You use a macro rail or in body focus bracketing? The steps may have been too short.