Enjoying blooms

Macro Monday Flowers

I've had these setting in a folder for nearly a year. I'm just going with the flow, flowers are blooming like crazy, I won't have them soon, soooo, let's enjoy.

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Pink Macro Monday

Found these flowers at the zoo last fall, they might be back out now, who knows. :0) I'm visiting family in Missouri and won't be by the computer to help out with any issues, hope things go smoothly. :0)

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Spring, finally

My flowers have held out for so long. Tomorrow we leave for Missouri and they will most likely finish opening the second we leave, lol.


I have loaded wordpress on my iPhone so hopefully will be able to post from it while we're gone.

Sticking my Tongue out ~ Macro Monday

Sticking my tongue out :0)~

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Colorful Macro Monday

It was such a joy to see so many wonderful blooms in February! How fun Louisiana is!

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little wildflowers

Life is full of change, always on the verge of swinging this way, or that, embrace it.

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cactus

Anticipation, it's so hard to wait for something good, but the wait will be worth it.

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Reminiscing

I have not even begun to look at my vacation pictures yet, life has just been so busy, so full.  Anyway, I thought I'd share these lovely blooms from this summer.

This one is my desktop right now.

You can see the spiderwebs faintly on this bloom. It seems there have been webs everywhere lately.

Do you see the bee?

There's something I just love about this one, simple yet . . .

Indian Pipe Blooms

Dappled sunlight doesn't really make for the best photos, but I've yet to find Indian Pipe in a perfect location. It likes to be near decaying things and that's usually in a shady area. As I mentioned before it comes up out of the ground bent over, and white. At first you might even think it's a fungus. But it's not. It just lacks chlorophyll.

Unlike most plants, it is white and does not contain chlorophyll. Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, more specifically a myco-heterotroph. Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees. Since it is not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments as in the understory of dense forest. The complex relationship that allows this plant to grow also makes propagation difficult.

After it reaches its height the blooms turn upward. This is the first time I've been able to catch the pipes straight. It doesn't take long until they droop and turn broom. The little tops are full of seeds.

I enjoyed watching the ants on it, not sure if they have anything to do with its pollination or if they just like it.

Monotropa Uniflora is commonly known as Indian Pipe, Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant.

Peach Hibiscus

Seems I usually see red Hibiscus. When I bought a plant this spring I was happy to discover that we have two colors in the pot. I really like the soft peach ones.

Bugs on Blooms

Macro Monday Flowers

Our summers are so short that I like to spend as much time as possible sticking my nose in flowers.

This time I took my camera along.

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Exploring the Flowers