Your Favorite Flowers and Plants: Post pics!

[Anew Leaf]

Tulips: The way to an NF's heart. (haha, two lips!! yes that too.)

 

[Blackmail!]

Salvia patens (Mexico)

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Laelia purpurata (Brazil)

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Passiflora coccinea (Guyana)

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Spring in Namaqualand (South Africa)

 

[Blackmail!]

Bamboos (China), as pictured during the Ming era

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Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) flowering in a British forest (Ashridge estate)

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Claude Monet's Nymphéas (Nymphaea sp.), Giverny -France

 

[Such Irony]

Tamarix pink cascade:

 

[CuriousFeeling]

I am loving the botanical vibe in this thread... here's some of mine:

Roses:

Chinese Cherry Blossom:

Red Maple:

in fall, when the leaves turn bright red, they are very beautiful.

Willow:

Orchid:

to name a few.

 

[copperfish17]

White plumeria... pure love.

Too bad these photos have logos. Still purdy.

 

[Malice]

Blue Orchids <3

 

[Anew Leaf]

I love lilacs with their fresh, clean smell that reminds me of spring and buzzing bees:

dahlias: to speak of infinity is to look inside their petals

peonies, so lovely to smell, but beware of ants crawling

 

[rav3n]

Another beautiful flower!

 

[mmhmm]

White plumeria... pure love.

Too bad these photos have logos. Still purdy.

we call these frangipanis i love the white ones with the round petals the most.

 

[Blackmail!]

Blue Orchids <3

Blue orchids such as the one you posted DON'T EXIST. They are either artificially colored, painted, or the result of Photoshop.

Dendrobiis lack the ability to synthetize blue pigments.

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So far, the only TRUE blue orchid is a very primitive Australian genus, called Thelymitra.

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However, some other more evoluted genera can produce a color very close to lavender-blue.

For instance, Herschelia graminifolia (from South Africa):

Or more widely known, Vanda coerulea (Himalayas and Thaïland):

 

[Blackmail!]

In Europe, you also have an orchid genus capable of near-blue color, but the process it uses is somewhat unique, since it doesn't rely on pigments but instead reflects polarized light (hence the almost metallic sparkle), just like a shining beetle would. And indeed, the flower tries to mimic insects, if you were wondering.

For instance, a close-up of Ophrys speculum (Corsica, France):

 

[Odyne]

Calla Lilies are my favorites of all time. They are terribly elegant.

Blue Orchids come second.

 

[Pinker85]

In Europe, you also have an orchid genus capable of near-blue color, but the process it uses is somewhat unique, since it doesn't rely on pigments but instead reflects polarized light (hence the almost metallic sparkle), just like a shining beetle would. And indeed, the flower tries to mimic insects, if you were wondering.

For instance, a close-up of Ophrys speculum (Corsica, France):

Beautiful!

Is it just me or does this get anyone else hot and bothered? It looks like the genitalia of an alien.

 

[bluestripes]

liverwort (hepatica nobilis):


Pečeňovník trojlaločnatý (Hepatica nobilis) by Photo Nature, on Flickr


Pečeňovník trojlaločnatý (Hepatica nobilis) by Photo Nature, on Flickr

greater pasque flower (pulsatilla grandis):


DSC_7423 Pasque Flower by Iwiq, on Flickr

common pasque flower (pulsatilla vulgaris):


Sasanka - Pulsatilla vulgaris - Pasque flower by arjuna_zbycho, on Flickr

garden buttercup (ranunculus sp.):


Ranunculus by Subspace, on Flickr

sunflower (helianthus annuus):


OH sunflower by jeffreyc42, on Flickr

 

[ExAstrisSpes]

The Peace Rose:

Calla Lily:

Jasmine:

Lavender:

Trailing Rosemary:

 

[INTP]

 

[imhappytoday]

 

[M_Kirch]

I like lavenders. Only, no native lavenders grow in my country

 

[Sparrow]

Pretty <3