Floral Friday Fotos

Caesalpinia pulcherrima blooms - Mexican bird of paradise

Floral Friday Fotos: red bird of paradise flowers

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

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This bright orange red flower with long stamens is called Caesalpinia pulcherrima, or red bird of paradise, or Mexican bird of paradise, to name a few. It grows on a shrub and I photographed it last summer at the San Diego Zoo. It was making red seed pods in the middle of the blooms.

If you’re still experiencing a lot of snow, ice or gray where you are today, I thought you could enjoy a little ray of sunshine and some bold colors. And to make you feel better, we’d had two straight days of rain showers in San Diego so it’s not all sunny here. But I won’t complain, we’re having a severe drought and any raindrop counts. Happy Friday!

Floral Friday Fotos: red bird of paradise flowers

February 7, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: blooms, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Floral Friday Fotos, Mexican bird of paradise blooms, Mexican bird of paradise flowers, nature photography, orange red flowers with long stamen, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, red bird of paradise blooms, red bird of paradise flowers, red seed pods 5 Comments

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: One red pansy

Floral Friday Fotos: pansies and gladiolus

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

Here are a couple of colorful pansies to start with. Both pansy blooms were watered before I took these photos so you can still see a lot of water droplets on the petals.

This last flower is a gladiolus bloom reaching the end of its life. I chose a back-lit angle to capture the beautiful orange color through the sun light.

I hope these few flowers bring some color to your cold wintery day.

December 12, 2013February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: blooms, Floral Friday Fotos, nature photography, Orange gladiolus bloom, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, red pansies, red pansy, white and purple pansy 16 Comments

Floral Friday Fotos: Celosia flowers look like flames

Floral Friday Fotos: Celosia, the flowers on fire

Remember that my 2014 nature photography calendars are available for sale on my online Zazzle store. All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase, and a starving artist at the same time (me!). I appreciate all referrals through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and of course your blog or website.

Today I’m participating in Floral Friday Fotos. If you enjoy my images, I encourage you to subscribe and receive updates when I post new photos, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

Celosia are ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Their name is derived from the Greek word κηλος (kelos), which means burned. Celosia comes in a variety of colors, but when you spot the red, orange and yellow Celosia flowers, you can understand why their flame-like look earned them their name. I hope these Celosia blooms bring some color to your day. Enjoy!

November 21, 2013February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: amaranth flowers, blooms, Celosia blooms, Celosia flowers, Floral Friday Fotos, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, red Celosia, yellow Celosia 18 Comments

Floral Friday Fotos: light and dark purple asters

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I love asters because they seem so easy to grow and maintain, they just pop up in every public place. And what’s not to like about them? They’re not too big, not to small, and very colorful. To me, a bed of asters is always shouting, we’re happy today and you should be too!

Asters come in a variety of colors but my favorite is purple. Here’s a dark purple aster flower, followed by a light purple aster. Both flowers show leftover raindrops on their petals from the morning’s watering, a lovely touch left for me to capture on camera.

Floral Friday Fotos: dark purple aster flower with raindrops

Floral Friday Fotos: light purple aster flower with raindrops

November 7, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: aster flowers, aster petals with raindrops, blooms, dark purple aster, Floral Friday Fotos, light purple aster, Macro Monday, nature photography, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, raindrops on flower petals 23 Comments

Floral Friday Fotos: bright yellow sunflower

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If you need a little splash of color today, I have just the thing for you – a bright yellow sunflower I photographed at a local pumpkin patch earlier this week.