Tradescantia's whiskered heart by cmolsen2002
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Description
A mature flower of the spiderwort plant, Tradescantia virginiana cv. Zwanenburg Blue. The blue stamen hairs are uniseriate filaments of 40-60 cells.
The genus takes its name from John Tradescant the elder, an 17th century English plant collector and nurseryman. It is also know as Spiderwort, and Wandering Jew.
A number of the species flower in the morning and when the sun shines on the flowers in the afternoon they close up, but the flowers can remain open on cloudy days until evening.
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Comments (7)
MaraP
Gorgeos flower and colors!! Great shot!!
tennesseecowgirl
wow, so different... great photo!
durleybeachbum
Super shot! I've got a similar one to this, 'Sweet Kate'. The slugs love it!
Blush
Never heard of this plant before sis It's beautiful and love the bright vibrant color Def a fav with me Hugs Susan P S I want this one in my garden grin
MrsLubner
It would seem the fabric in the center has become unraveled. LOL Beautiful macro.
auntietk
Wonderful capture! I love all the detail. Nice!
eryt
superb photograph!:)