FLOWERS 3 - EYECATCHERS

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‘Earth laughs in flowers’ (Emerson)
Flowers and human emotions are a close link. A lover’s offering of beauty to beauty. To the mourner a flower speaks where there are no words. There must be a flower for every occasion expressing feeling better than speech can.

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On this page:
SACRED LOTUS - Nelumbo nucefera // AMARYLLIS - Hippeastrum sp. & papilio // GOLDEN WATTLE - Acacia pycnantha // HOLLYHOCK - Alcea rosea // HONEY GEM - Grevillea (hybrid) // KANGAROO PAWS - Anigozanthos (HYBRID) // GRAY SPIDER FLOWER - Grevillea buxifolia // BROAD-LEAF DRUMSTICK - Isopogon anemonifolius // HYDRANGEA - Hydrangea macrophylla // HONEYSUCKLE - Lonicera peryclymenum // YELLOW BELLS - Tecoma stans // JAPANESE APRICOT - Prunus mume // IVORY CURL TREE - Buckinghamia celessima // ELEPHANT EARS - Bergenia schmidtii // CASABLANCA - Lilium (hybrid) // JUNGLE FLAME - Ixora chinensis // GREAT SUN ORCHID - Thelymitra grandiflora // LEMON - Citrus // TULIP TREE - Magnolia soulangeana // MILK HEATHWORT - Comesperma ericinum // LEADWORT - Plumbago auriculata // INDIAN CORAL BEAN - Erythrina variegata // LONG LEAF SMOKE BUSH - Conespermum longiflorum // KAHELI GINGER - Hedychium gardnerianum // SHOWY PARROT PEA - Dillwynia sericea // INDIAN RHODODENDRON (White Lasiandra) - Melastoma polyanthum // RED GINGER - Alpinia purpurata //

Closeup of lemon-yellow Hibiscus flower. Backlit it stands out dramatically from dark background of foliage. Very eyecatching shot.

SACRED LOTUS - Nelumbo nucefera
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closeups front and side of red Hippeastrum flowers. Dramatic sky background.

AMARYLLIS ACUCENA - Hippeastrum hybridum

Closeups of Amaryllis flowers among their green foliage.

BUTTERFLY AMARYLLIS - Hippeastrum papilio

GOLDEN WATTLE - Acacia pycnantha
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Long stems of Hollyhocks with their flowers and buds. Also closeup of open red flower. Interesting unusual composition.

HOLLYHOCK - Alcea rosea

3 boxes. Long shot branch with many yellow flowers against blue sky. Closeup of comb with spread of yellow flowers blue sky background. Medium shot yellow flower amid green foliage.

HONEY GEM - Grevillea (hybrid)

A riot of red paws filling frame. One has split open to show a closeup of the flower with a display of stamen.

KANGAROO PAWS - Anigozanthos (hybrid)

Flower and stem diagonally through frame showing in closeup the contorted bushy stamen. They stand out well against dark background.

GRAY SPIDER FLOWER - Grevillea buxifolia

Large field of yellow Anigozanthos. In foreground a row of closeup kangaroo paws.

KANGAROO PAWS (yellow) - Anigozanthos (hybrid)

Closeups of blue and mauve flower heads. Big shrub with many flowers in background.

HYDRANGEA - Hydrangea macrophylla

Closeups of white and yellow flowers among their foliage.

HONEYSUCKLE - Lonicera peryclymenum

Riot of pink Prunus flowers. Some closeups show intricate detail of stamen and petals.

Tecoma tree in full bloom.Superimposed two closeup clusters of yellow bells.

YELLOW BELLS - Tecoma stans

Buckinghamia trees in full flower in Australian bush setting. Hanging into front of frame is a closeup of a curled creamy-white floret. Very instructive shot showing both, the trees in their entirety AND a closeup of their flowers.

BROAD-LEAF DRUMSTICK - Isopogon anemonifolius

Closeup of rosette of open pink Bergenia flowers. The background shows a long shot of how this plant grows as an edge along a wall.

ELEPHANT EARS - Bergenia schmidtii

JAPANESE APRICOT - Prunus mume

Open white lily flower on stem with two buds standing out dramatically from dark background.

CASABLANCA - Lilium (hybrid)

IVORY CURL TREE - Buckinghamia celessima

Two showy red flowers, double-filled, in foreground. Flowering hibiscus bush background.

red filled HIBISCUS

Closeup of big red ball of flowers over background of Ixora bushes in full bloom.

JUNGLE FLAME - Ixora chinensis

Flowering stem of Thelymitra is arching through frame against dark bush ground.

GREAT SUN ORCHID - Thelymitra grandiflora

Closeup lemon flower. Closeup of a lemon balancing on index finger. Fun image.

LEMON - Citrus
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Branch with backlit magnolia flowers - very effective and eyecatching against dark background. There are also, separate, closeups of one open and one closed flower.

TULIP TREE - Magnolia soulangeana

Closeup of cluster of blue blooms in front of big flowering Plumbago shrub.

LEADWORT - Plumbago auriculata

Yellow flowerheads of Edychium with spikes of open yellow blooms. They stand out very effectively from dark background.

KAHILI GINGER - Hedychium gardnerianum

RED GINGER - Alpinia purpurata

Flowering plant against background of weathered rock

MILK HEATHWORT - Comesperma ericinum

Closeup of red flower standing out against dark background. 2 inserts one showing long shot of tree and the other showing a branch with 2 flowers. Instructive arrangement.

INDIAN CORAL BEAN - Erythrina variegata

Close foreground pink white flowers against masses of flowers on blooming tree in background.

TULIP TREE (2) - Magnolia soulangeana

Background: Cenospermum in bush setting. Reaching into front of frame one stem with dense cluster of white flowers. A butterly is perched on top.

LONG LEAF SMOKE BUSH - Conespermum longiflorum

Typical Australian bush setting. Closeups of flower cones of Dillwynia reach into frame.

SHOWY PARROT PEA - Dillwynia sericea

INDIAN RHODODENDRON (White Lasiandra) - Melastoma polyanthum

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