Photo 3 in my Simple Pleasures Series. I didn't know what this was but got lucky and found it on google. Another tiny, maybe 1/2", I saw this went back in the house to get new batteries for my camera and when I came out it was gone! I looked and looked to no avail...but then the next morning I came out and there was one right by my stairs. I took the picture and went about my house duties and when I came back out it was gone! Well read the info below and you'll understand why it kept disappearing:-) Another of life's simple pleasures, hope it brightens your Sunday! Commelina communis L. Asiatic Dayflower As the common name indicates, this plant was introduced from Asia, and each flower lasts only a day. Family: Spiderwort, Flower color: bright blue, Flowering time: June to October, Origin: Asia. the mouse-ear petals (only 2 petals), plus a remarkably complex assortment of reproductive parts on a blossom that is only about an inch square. There are three sterile stamens (the top three yellow structures) and three fertile stamens (the bottom yellow structure and two slightly lateral curved structures bearing flattened brownish ovals). These fertile stamens produce pollen that is transported by bees to the head of a neighboring flower's pistil--the remaining curved structure with the tiny, pinkish tip. When a pollen grain is deposited on the sticky tip of the pistil, it grows down into the ovary and fertilizes an egg. The embryo within the whitish-green ovule grows very rapidly, with dead flowers still attached, while a third blue-petalled flower awaits the next day to bloom. Each ovule produces one or two granular eighth-inch reddish seeds that typically germinate the following year after lying dormant in the soil. Asiatic Dayflower is an annual, so regular re-seeding is all-important for survival. Blossoms of Asiatic Dayflower often glisten in the sun, sometimes from dew but primarily because the petals contain a few unpigmented cells scattered among the many that are blue. These clear cells--nearly bursting with water--reflect the light, adding all the more to the pleasing appearance of this non-native visitor. Some classify this as a weed while others like myself consider it a rare beauty, and a welcome addition to my simple pleasures:-) Ebots are back, yay!!! Thanks for looking and for previous comments! Have a most interesting and simply beautiful Sunday!