Mystery flower #34 by goodoleboy
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Captured 4/6/16 @ 8:44 am, somewhere along Ze Boulevard, as they would say in France.
I'm not sure what these are; suggests a hibiscus/geranium hybrid of sorts. You floral mavens would know.
Comments (8)
MrsRatbag
They are lovely; they do look sort of like hibiscus, but the leaves aren't quite right for that. I think there's too much stamen/pistil activity for a geranium, but I could be wrong. I can't tell the size for sure, but I'm thinking maybe a variety of mallow? Whatever they are, super shot, Harry!
Annie_Photography
so lovely macro !
Salmissra
Rose of Sharon
Wolfenshire
Beautiful capture.
beachzz
no mystery at all; it's a hibiscus---they come in many colors. this one's a beauty and not a color often seen.
Cyve
WOW my friend... What a marvelous flowers ans these colors are really fantastic... Fantastic capture also !!!
npauling
They are beautiful and it is a lovely capture. I think they are a type of hibiscus but the stamen looks wrong but I am definitely not an expert on these as I can't grow them down here. ☺
anahata.c
well I can tell you that all the above are probably correct: The "rose of sharon" is in the hibiscus family, and the mallow family (I assume their connected). I know about the rose of sharon from biblical studies---it's in the "Song of Songs". To call ones love a "rose of sharon"---as the poet does, in the "Song"---is to give a high compliment. So, for once, I can actually add something to the "what flower is this" dialogue. (The quote is something like, "I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valley..." I guess that lady thinks she's pretty good looking, lol...) (Actually, she's seducing her lover---the Song of Songs was the only overtly sexual book that got into the canon. And it's beautiful poetry.)
But that's beside the point, because the flowers are captured beautifully by you. The back lighting is beautiful, and the textures are gritty, and the light-dark play is strong, and the stamens look almost like cauliflower. and they're all against a bed of greens. Another of your recent beautiful flower shots. And the composition puts one in a top corner, the other in a bottom: very sweetly composed, to top it off.