Floral Friday Fotos

Floral Friday Fotos: pink bottle brush flowers

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Today I’m participating in Floral Friday Fotos. You can click on each photo for a larger view. If you enjoy my photos, I encourage you to subscribe and receive updates when I post new photos, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

I have shared pictures of red bottle brush flowers before but when I ran into several bottle brush trees that displayed pink flowers a few months ago, I couldn’t resist taking a lot of pictures. There were so many pink bottle brush flowers on the first bush I encountered, they almost looked like Christmas ornaments.

Pink bottle brush flowers in bottle brush tree

Can you count how many pink bottle brush flowers are in this picture? Would you believe there were even more before I cropped the picture? That is some happy tree.

Of course, bees are very fond of those bottle brush flowers, so it’s easy to take a picture of the blooms with bees on them.

Bee collecting nectar on pink bottle brush flower

You can easily understand from their unusual shape why these were named bottle brush blooms.

By the way, I took this set of pictures last August. I don’t want you to think that we’re getting that many blooms right now. Although, bottle brush bottles seem to have an erratic blooming schedule in San Diego, depending on the fluctuating temperatures. So you really never know what you may see.

Floral Friday Fotos: pink bottle brush flowers

This last picture features another bee on those pink bottle brush trees. I hope you’ve enjoyed this splash of bright colors on this floral Friday.

November 20, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Plant PhotosTags: bees in bottle brush blooms, bees in bottle brush flowers, close up of pink bottle brush flowers, Floral Friday Fotos, nature photography, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, pink bottle brush blooms, pink bottle brush flowers, pink bottle brush tree, red bottle brush flowers 7 Comments

Floral Friday Fotos: Hibiscus blooms

It seems that every hibiscus tree is in bloom right now in San Diego. Yellow, orange, pink, or red hibiscus flowers are everywhere I look. Here are a few hibiscus blooms to brighten your Friday.

I really like bright yellow hibiscus flowers but I think they look even nicer with a red center.

This last one is probably my favorite, with a bright purple center and a yellow border.

September 11, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Plant PhotosTags: Floral Friday Fotos, hibiscus blooms, hibiscus flowers, nature photography, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, purple and yellow hibiscus, yellow and red hibiscus, yellow hibiscus flower 10 Comments

Floral Friday Fotos: Pink lotus flower

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Going back to our Floral Friday Fotos theme, I found the loveliest pink lotus flower at San Diego’s Balboa Park a few weeks ago. This was the first decent shot I managed to get.

After a large tourist family left that side of the pond (it’s a very popular photo souvenir spot at Balboa Park for good reasons), I managed to photograph this pink lotus flower from a better angle. By the way, it was the ONLY pink (or any color) lotus flower in bloom in the whole pond.

Pink lotus flower at San Diego's Balboa Park — Pink lotus flower at San Diego’s Balboa Park

Eventually I managed to get even closer and snap this photo. The sun was hiding behind a few clouds at the time, so it made for a softer light and I really like the results.

Have you ever seen pink lotus flowers in real life? There are not that easy to find around here. I got lucky last summer when I captured this white lotus flower. Happy Friday!

September 4, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Water photosTags: close up of lotus flower, Floral Friday Fotos, lotus flower in bloom, nature photography, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, pink lotus flower, San Diego Balboa Park, white lotus flower 10 Comments

Cherry blossoms at the San Diego Japanese Friendship garden in Balboa Park

Floral Friday Fotos: my first cherry blossoms

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to photograph my first cherry blossoms earlier this week at the San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park. This is prime season to enjoy the cherry blossoms in San Diego and I wanted to take advantage of them before they disappear for a whole year. I took a lot more photos than these few but I thought this would be a nice sample to start you with, using this Floral Friday theme. Happy Friday and happy first day of spring!

Floral Friday Fotos: my first cherry blossoms

March 20, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Tree PhotosTags: blooms, Cherry blossoms San Diego, close-up of pink cherry blossoms, Floral Friday Fotos, nature photography, photos of blooms, photos of cherry blossoms, photos of flowers, photos of pink cherry blossoms, pink cherry blossoms, San Diego, San Diego Balboa Park, San Diego Japanese Friendship garden 11 Comments

Floral Friday Fotos: Clivia Miniata (Bush Lily)

Today I’m participating in Floral Friday Fotos. You can click on each photo for a larger view.

If you enjoy my photos, I encourage you to subscribe and receive updates when I post new photos, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

It was a pleasure to spot this bush lily last weekend while enjoying sunny and warm weather. The bush lily, officially Clivia Miniata, is a plant from South Africa. It does well in San Diego weather, which is similarly warm (and hot) and dry. I’ve lived in San Diego for over 15 years and it still feels weird to see flowers blooming in the winter, but it sure makes for great photo opportunities when I’m out and about.

Enjoy these bright splashes of orange on this Floral Friday. I was thinking of using them for my post Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: the color orange the other day, but I opted to display orange poppies instead. I’ve seen a lot of orange in the past week!