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See Cee’s gorgeous Azaela HERE.
The scientific name for this flower is Crossandra infundibuliformis. Isn’t that a mouthful?
For Cee’s FOTD
Firecrackerplant. This is the hardest flower to photograph in my garden. I simply can’t get detail even at a close range.
Since it is May Day—once one of my very favorite holidays–I’m including some links to past May Days: This One with photos of May Baskets I made for friends in 2017 and This One entitled “Scissors, Tissue Paper and General MacArthur” written in 2013 about May Baskets made when I was a little girl.
For Cee’s FOTD
For Cee’s FOTD
I have been trying to photograph these Russelia plant blooms for twenty years now and I still haven’t been able to get a good shot. I don’t know why neither the focus or color ever come out good, no matter what time of the day I take them. I’m showing these photos mainly because I loved the O shaped dried vine that had caught in the plant. It just seemed to convey a message! I won’t label it as “The Story of O” as that isn’t quite the message I want to convey.
Russelia or Firecracker Plant
For Cee’s FOTD
firecrackerplant, perhaps because they just generally have a very simple shape. The best photo opportunity I ever had (and missed–) Was of a whole row of lipstick blooms bobbing across the terrace–each carried by a worker for the leafcutter ants. I can’t believe that it didn’t occur to me to take a photo. Or perhaps I did and it is stuck on some old hard drive that I’ve forgotten.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/02/flower-of-the-day-may-3-2016-bearded-iris/