Perpetual flower photo thread

[Camille]

Fancy Allium that I can't remember name of

Poppies

[peca]

Some flower pictures I took yesterday.

[Texan_Eagle_Scout]

This was taken in the backyard of by wife's cousin.

[Texan_Eagle_Scout]

Taken at Yerba Buena Park.

[Texan_Eagle_Scout]

Taken at Yerba Buena Park.

[Texan_Eagle_Scout]

This was taken on Alcatraz Island.

[Jason25]

Took this Saturday with my 50/1.8D. It's simple, but I like it

[Texan_Eagle_Scout]

Took this Saturday with my 50/1.8D. It's simple, but I like it

Sometimes it's the simple that is the most beautiful.

[Phill D]

Camille my poppy looked like this It came out & died off whilst I was at work so thanks for posting your beautiful colourful shot.

[gstafleu]

TES, those are some nice ones. I especially like the 5-pointed purple thingy (notice my sophisticated nomenclature)! BTW, the next one, the bell shaped flowers, I would consider cropping that under the 3rd flower from the top, the last sharp one.

Jason, those buttercups have a nice atmosphere about them. You must have taken them on a cloudy day? I notice that whenever I try a buttercup in full sun the thing sort of blows out because it is so reflective.

Here is my harvest for the day; First a Hairy Cat's-Ear (Hypochaeris radicata, Asteraceae). Obviously a close cousin of the dandylion;


Staying on a yellow streak, here is a Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus, Scrophulariaceae) with a visitor:

That orange glob underneath the bee is the pollen it has gathered.

To finish today, a garden plant. No idea what it is called, my ability to name flowers seems to be limited to wildflowers, no doubt a side effect of having studied botany a looooong time ago . Anyway, this thing will make red trumpet-shaped flowers. These are the buds: