

I snapped these lilies in the courtyard of Viva Mexico today.

This is the second flower brought to me by the hummingbird lady. I can’t get over the pattern on the front part of the flower and I’m wondering if it was caused by being wrapped around the pistil. The other part of the flower doesn’t seem to have the pattern on it, so perhaps it was wrapped around it on the outside. I’ve never noticed this in any other flower before and it makes it look artificial, but it isn’t
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/10/flower-of-the-day-may-11-2016-bearded-iris/
These lilies just about got away from me, since they are on a side of the house where I rarely go, but my houseguest clued me in to their existence and I caught them just past their prime.
Click on photos to enlarge
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/04/15/flower-of-the-day-april-16-2016-dandelion/
Since it is almost Easter and since lilies always remind me of Easter and my mother, this post is for her. Both my mom and dad loved flowers and trees and every house in the somewhat arid little town where I grew up always sported trees, petunias, pansies, trumpet vines, tulips, peonies, sweetpeas and roses––but never lilies. They were for Easter, as a potted plant to be thrown away after the blooms faded. I don’t think it ever occurred to us that they could be planted.
(Click on first picture and arrows to view enlarged gallery.)
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/20/flower-of-the-day-march-21-2016-tulip/