Tiny Flowers 4 by TwoPynts
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Description
When most of us see a blooming bougainvillea bush, we are overwhelmed by the profuse colorful bracts. We may see the small yellowish white flowers, but I don't think we pay too much attention to them. Here is a close-up look at one of those little flowers from the one growing in my front yard. The full size image can be viewed HERE. (500KB)
Olympus C8080 & PhotoshopCS.
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"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a
green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and
deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man
of imagination, nature is imagination itself."
-William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (1757-1827)
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Bougainvillea spp
Family: Nyctaginaceae (four-o'clock family)
Common Names: bougainvillea, paper flower
Description:
Big and rowdy, loud and lovely, this sprawling woody vine is colorful showboater wherever it is grown. It was named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville, a Frenchman who sailed around the world in 1767. I think it is pure luck that Amerigo Vespuci sailed first or it's possible that we would now be living in United States of Bougainvillica! Even though continents and countries were not named for him, Monsieur de Bougainville is immortalized in the genus name for a group of very spectacular flowering vines and shrubs.
The bougainvilleas are mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen dropping their leaves for a brief period in winter. Their woody, thorn-armored canes soar to great heights and then tend to flop over sprawling across whatever is adjacent. This can look rather sloppy so many gardeners trim their plants into shrubs removing the overly enthusiastically growing canes as they appear. The heart shaped leaves are rich green and 3-5 in (7.6-12.7 cm) long. There are several species and hybrids in cultivation. B. glabra is one that is great for container plantings and has smooth leaves and smaller and fewer thorns than its relatives. The leaves of B. spectablilis, another garden favorite are hairy beneath and this one is a huge sprawling plant that is perfect for arbors and draped along fences where it creates a security barrier by virtue of its thorns and dense twiggy growth.
Bougainvillea flowers are small yellow white waxy tubes that aren't very impressive. However they are surrounded by three 1-2 in (2.5-5.1 cm) long papery bracts and it is these that are responsible for the colorful displays for which this genus is famous.
To read more, visit Floridata.com.
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Other images in this series:
Tiny Flowers 1
Tiny Flowers 2
Tiny Flowers 3
Comments (30)
Chaos911
wow, super excellent work, excellent macro!!!
Mondwin
Superb macro!!!!!!!!!bravo!vote!:DDD
diomedes66
Wonderful macro, and you are right about the riot of colour masking the lovely detail within. Well done!
hotracer2
Awesone macro, fine detail inside,Bravo:):):):):)
patmartj
Perfection itself
nhirschberger
Fantastic macro ! Wonderful colors and lightning ! Excellent work !!! V
Sekadhar
Super! Love colors! Excellent done!*****!
BorisB
What a powerful macro, impressive colors, perfect!!!
Cosme..D..Churruca
You are right... the imponent colour of the petals hide those tiny flowers. Almost a abstract image this compo... very well done !
DELMUR
magnifique portrait de fleur! as always, and documentation too!!
Gwyn Tyger
passion pink for Passion Friday who could ask for more.
killerpumpkins
To early in the morning for these colors. Beautiful! KP
Enmos
Gorgeous flower, i really love this series !! Awesome words by William Blake btw, it is so true !! :o)
nathalie06
Ciao Kort ! Beautiful macro, this detail is impressive. The Bougainvilleas... they are impressionants and splendid. I have the chance to have some of them everywhere around me in my region. And there are of so many colors, and flowering is very long. If we had been able to find a house, instead of an apartment, we'll have adored to put Bougainvilleas everywhere so that that covers the frontage... I must take a look in my photographs of Bougainvilleas, if I have a good one, tomorrow I plant you a beautiful one on Renderosity, promised ! For the bunch of flowers, it is when you want ;-))))
GiMi53
What a fantastic and impressive color ! I definitively agree with W.Blake... Nature is sooooooooo beautiful ! Thanks also for the well documented info ! Well done, Kort ! :~)
Sylvaine
You scratch my eyes.....I'm sensitive in yellow gold but not in pink.....:-)nice didactic comments...Thanks :-)
zulaan
Beautiful capture and cool intense colors !!! ;)
KingPtolemy
Very beautiful shot!!! Impressive detail!!! Bravo!!!
tibet2004uk
Now this is bright and sharp!! Maybe a tiny bit overexposed??? But it might as well be my monitor! ;) An impressive macro shot Kort!
cynlee
yummmy!! i could dive right into all that red!! a most excellent shot, one of my faves from the series so far :]
BlueLotus7
Gorgeous! and thanks for the link to the site as I was planning on buying some of these to plant along my splitrail fence! They are beautiful and this is a great capture!
Lledeline Online Now!
Wonderful capture.
MossSphere
ANother fabulous macro shot! The leaf vein details are amazing, the whole image is very beautiful, well done!
logiloglu
simply exquisite. a wonderful flower photography. vote #:O)
sharky_
Very Beautiful. I never paid attention the little center flower before. I must have a closer look. Thanks for sharing. Aloha
jcv2
Hmmm, when they would have switched this could have been a Vespuccine glabra! LOL! William Blake had a great feeling for reality! If he would have seen this he would perhaps have written a Red, red bougainvillea!
vbarreto
I luv these strong colors. Beautiful!!
Punaguy
Nice capture Kort! If these beauties didn't have such huge thorns when fully grown, I would have some in my yard...but they get nasty if not controlled and cut back often...Aloha!
maud
Wonderful macro..a fantastic pink flower! Excellent photo:)
sossy
incredible and overwhelming colored flower! makes blind! LOL stunning details! gorgeous work! ;o)