“Found” Mystery Flower
I thought perhaps this was a variety of Clematis, but the stamen and pistils are wrong. If you know what it is, please let me know!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/03/flower-of-the-day-october-4-2015-dahlia/
Mexican Color
I have spent hours trying to identify this plant and I’m no closer now than I was a year ago. Whatever it is, Here it is again in detail. The leaves look like a heliconia or ginger, but although I once found a picture of it by Googling heliconia, I think it was just a random picture placed in that category as it wasn’t labeled at all and I can’t find it elsewhere. *
*News Flash!!! My lovely, smart, kind, curious, researching genius friend Marilyn Armstrong has identified this plant I’ve been trying to identify for fourteen years! After she told me the various names for it, I looked it up in Wikipedia and this is some fascinating information about it:
Canna indica is a perennial growing to between 0.5 m and 2.5 m, depending on the variety. It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. The flowers are hermaphrodite.[3][4][5][6] Canna indica sps. can be used for the treatment of industrial waste waters through constructed wetlands. It is effective for the removal of high organic load, color and chlorinated organic compounds from paper mill wastewater.[7][8]
The seeds are small, globular, black pellets, hard and dense enough to sink in water.[5] They resemble shotgun pellets giving rise to the plant’s common name of Indian Shot.[citation needed] The seeds are hard enough to shoot through wood and still survive and later germinate. According to the BBC “The story goes that during the Indian Mutiny of the 19th century, soldiers used the seeds of a Canna indica when they ran out of bullets.“[9]
“Cee” more flowers HERE.
Mystery Flower
I took these pictures at my friend Harriet’s house. She has no idea what it is. Nor do I. Al? Anyone else? I know someone gave me a link to a place that identifies flowers from a picture but I misplaced the URL. If you know what this is or have a guess, please comment!
For more audacious flowers, look here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/28/flower-of-the-day-september-28-2015-american-beauty-checkers-dahlias/
Obelisco y Mas
In Mexico, the hibiscus flower is an obelisco. These two blooms were picked off the street in San Juan Cosala this morning as I came out of Cafe Saga after the girls’ dance class. I loved the rust-red color, which somehow I have been unable to duplicate in these photos. I’ve tried decreasing the light to duplicate the color so that is why the photos are a bit dark,but none are the correct color.
I carried the two flowers to my favorite local plant place and although they had a rather large plant that he said had this color blooms, it turns out that the blooms change color three times and are only this color for about a day, finally turning into yellow. The plant I bought has no blooms, but I bought it anyway. If it isn’t the plant I want, no doubt it will be beautiful anyway as I’ve never met an hibiscus that I didn’t love. I’ll show you the results!!!
For more flowers, look here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/26/flower-of-the-day-september-26-2015-gitts-perfection-dahlia/
Bougainvillia: Still Life with Spotted Iris and Wheelbarrow
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/24/flower-of-the-day-september-25-2015-american-beauty/
Aloe Bloom
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I love the fragile waxy bloom of the aloe. In a cluster, they look rather scraggly, but individually, I think they are exquisite–both in their variegated and subtle coloring and their simple fluted style. I was experimenting with placement. Chances are you’ll see a few other “posings” tomorrow!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/22/flower-of-the-day-september-22-2015-maarn-dahlia/
More Tapalpa Flowers
I’ve always thought this Tapalpa scene looked like a scene from a French painting–the mist, the trees and the muted colors of the fields of flowers in the background.
And here are other scenes from the day’s outing. Fourteen of us traveling in my van, including me, (taking the picture) and baby Oscar who is hidden in his sister’s arms.
I was trying to compensate for the shadows on the girls’ faces here and perhaps overdid it a bit. Reminds me of the bright Kodacolor prints of the sixties!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/14/flower-of-the-day-september-14-2015-maarn-dahlia/
Oscar and Carmen Play with Flowers
I think there were twelve of us in my full-sized van that day, off to see the wildflowers and rocks of Tapalpa. This series of pictures is all about Carmen and Oscar. Oscar is the little boy you saw diligently doing his English homework at my dining room table a few days ago. He is now nine. In these pictures he is two. Carmen is his sister and stylist.
Oscar was pretty happy with his handful of pristine white flowers
But Carmen had a better idea.
She looked beautiful in her cosmos garland, in spite of the sun in her eyes that gave her a wistful look.
But she had further plans.
And I’m not too sure how Oscar feels about his sister’s attempt to spruce up his look, but I thought he looked adorable!
For more gorgeous flowers, go HERE.
On the Road to Tapalpa
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For miles and miles, the fields are full of wildflowers. These pictures were taken in October, when the flowers were at their height of bloom.
More flowers: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/11/flower-of-the-day-september-11-2015-dahlia/
Greens: Flower of the Day
I love the fragility of these green palm blossoms. Soon they will fall like rain.
Some leaves, such as these on jade plants and other succulents, imitate flowers. 
To view Cee’s flower and others, go HERE.
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