Tag Archives: flowers or leaves?

When Leaves Rival Flowers: FOTD, July 17, 2019

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See what Cee can do to make art of a dandelion HERE.

Hydrangea: Flower of the Day Oct. 5, 2016

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These look like fall leaves, but really are hydrangeas variously altered by the cold weather, I’d guess.  Taken at my niece Cintra’s home in St. Paul.

https://ceenphotography.com/2016/10/05/flower-of-the-day-october-6-2016-dahlia/

Bougainvillea: Flower of the Day, May 14, 2016

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https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/13/flower-of-the-day-may-14-2016-bearded-iris/

More Bougainvillea: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge, May 2, 2016

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These are the bougainvilleas that are flourishing beneath the royal poinciana tree this year. I can see the ants carrying away the petals that have fallen on the cobblestones.  I’d like to believe they’ve been blown down, but there are probably trusty cutter ants up above, using their incisors to lop off the leaves and petals.  If I don’t do something to wage a war, the bushes and tree will be stripped in a week.  Hate to do it, but this really is war against the cutter ants.

( Please click on photos to see much larger views.)

 

https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/01/flower-of-the-day-may-2-2016-rhododendron/

Flor or Faux??? Flower of the Day 11-28-15

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Flor or Faux?

Some of these lovely blooms are flowers and some aren’t.  Can you tell the difference?
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Version 3Flor and Faux (How can it be both at once?)IMG_8868Just the white center blooms are flores.  The orange “petals” are actually leaves,

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IMG_8853Flor. (Just these central “berries” are the flower of the poinsettia.  As with bougainvilleas, the red “petals” are actually leaves.)

IMG_8780Faux. (I made this camellia out of an egg carton.) The boy is also faux. The fire is real.IMG_8873Faux  IMG_8863Faux

Version 3FauxIMG_8857Flor. (You weren’t caught this time by the duplicitous bougainvillea, were you?)

For more flowers, go HERE!!!