Not just a flower by busi2ness

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jan 04, 2007

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I know you have all seen a cosmos flower - whatever your regional name may be - but these are different. I stumbled upon these "hybrids" at Magoebaskloof ("kloof" = ravine) Hotel in South Africa. Note how the pink was progressively introduced to the border of the white petals and I tried to illustrate this from left to right until the petals are almost red and just a hint of the white remains. May these flowers brighten up your day.

I want to dedicate this to PJ and Di for their love of flowers - well I had to because I made a comment about "boring flowers" and hereby a peace offering, LOL!

Thank you for all your visits and comments, especially Knersis with his informative comment about Cycads: