Sunday, 7 September 2008

Today's Flowers

 
 
 
 
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All these flowers were found in the Tablelands, Australia : Orchids, Weeping Bottlebrush or Wilderness Red.The middle one is called Pentas Lanceolata.

To pick a flower is so much more satisfying than just observing it,
or photographing it ... So in later years, I have grown in my
garden as many flowers as possible for children to pick.
- Anne Scott-James

Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz!

21 comments:

Louis la Vache said...

What beautiful flowers! Cheerful, smile-inducing colors!

Janice Thomson said...

My goodness what stunning orchids! Such beautiful flowers in Australia.

EG CameraGirl said...

It must be incredible to see orchids growing outdoors. Fabulous! How different the blooms are in Australia!

Anonymous said...

Oh my, Wil, I really like these flowers. And I just noticed the pretty photos in your sidebar. You are really stepping out in sunshine. Nice post all around.

My flowers are at Thunder Maker

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Wil: What a great series of flowers you have shown from Australia. They have great colors.

nonizamboni said...

Stunning choices! And from so far away too. I especially enjoyed your thoughts on 'picking' flowers.
Have a great week!

Small City Scenes said...

All beauties. Which one don't you know? the middle one is called
Pentas lanceolata. Very pretty. MB

Maria said...

Very beautiful flowers, I love the colour red!
Have a nice week!

Kyanite said...

All stunning but particularly liked the Orchid.

dot said...

They are all unusual looking to me and very beautiful!

Daniel Chérouvrier said...

Amazing flowers on a great blog.

Middle Ditch said...

Oh, I used to love picking flowers as a child. I would roam the fields for hours with my dog. In those days there were loads of wild flowers.

It's lovely that you grow them for children to pick and they are just gorgeous.

Anonymous said...

These are beautiful! I have seen the pentas, but the other two are new to me. Love the bottlebrush, and the colors on the first flower are so stunning.

Carletta said...

All lovely!
The bottlebrush one certainly looks like it's name.
I love that you plant enough for children to pick!

Daniel Santos said...

Beautiful colours, wonderful.

Elizabeth said...

What exotic and wonderful flowers and what a super photo of Iggy.
I like old dogs - our Skippy lasted until he was 16.
Grretings from New York.

Arco-Iris Jose e Dora said...

I very much for your blog, is very pretty pictures congratulations for your flowers

Patty said...

These are beautiful. Love the orchids.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful orchids. Weeping bottlebrush : fantastic name :-))
Flowers in your garden for children to pick : what a delight !!

Marie said...

Wow! Beautiful flowers :)

Gemma Wiseman said...

Stunning Australian colours! Bottlebrushes do us proud for bright colour!