Dahlia

Velvety Dahlia. When a flower seems just perfect.

Calla Lily Up, Close and Personal

Zantedeschia aethiopica (known as calla lily and arum lily) is a species in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, evergreen where rainfall and temperatures are adequate, deciduous where there is a dry season. Its preferred habitat is in streams and ponds or on the banks. This flower was shot at the Botanical Gardens in Barcelona

Blossoming cherry

Branch Brook park is the largest cherry blossom collection in the United States and with more than 2,700 trees that burst into full bloom during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, a sight not to be missed

At my Window Sill (African Violet)

Saintpaulias, commonly known as African violets, are a genus of 6–20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa. This flower was shot with a macro lens

Orchid

A beautiful yellow and red orchid close-up. Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and often fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident characteristics. Among these are: bilateral symmetry of the flower, many resupinate flowers, a nearly always highly modified petal (labellum), fused stamens and carpels, and extremely small seeds.

Sun Ray

Backlight At Sunrise

This photo is an example of how light can make an ordinary subject look beautiful. I was waiting at the pond for a kingfisher to show up but when I turned around the spotlight was here, on the backlit white flower on a blue background.

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Prickly pear

Cactus can have beautiful blooms, like this one. A prickly pear cactus which is also edible along the Barker dam trail at Joshua Tree Nationl PArk