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The Secret Lives of Flowers

by Guest Authors · June 27, 2014

Tags: beauty botany Flowers guest posts photo essay photography zic

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Michael Cain says:

June 27, 2014 at 7:36 pm

This is a really nice thing to find on Friday afternoon. Thank you!Report
- zic in reply to Michael Cain says:
  
  June 27, 2014 at 8:40 pm
  
  Thank you. It was a really nice thing to discover my camera can take these kinds of photos. Yay camera!Report
North says:

June 27, 2014 at 10:39 pm

Petal porn. My Mum would love it and I do too.Report
Michelle says:

June 28, 2014 at 8:57 am

So beautiful–both the photos and the intricacies of the flowers themselves.Report
James Hanley says:

June 28, 2014 at 9:25 am

Beautiful, zic. Nect time–and yes I’m requesting a next time–could you add flower names for the more ignorant among us (that is, me)?Report
- zic in reply to James Hanley says:
  
  June 28, 2014 at 10:16 am
  
  Thank you.
  
  Flower name (from the top down)
  
  1. Tea rose with aphids;
  2. Rugosa Rose with honey bee;
  3. Yellow Iris (wild, called Yellow Flag) with dragon fly and snail;
  4 and 5: yellow flag detail;
  6. White wild-pond lily with flies;
  7. Unknown with spider web — I’m trying to ID this wild flower; I believe it’s a carnivorous flower that digests insects;
  8. Peony heart
  9. Poppy Heart
  10. Oriental Poppy heart;
  11. Siberian Iris detail;
  12. Shasta daisy heart — notice the way it’s packed in a fibonacci sequence, with insect grubs;
  13. Forget Me Not with water droplet reflecting the sky line;
  14. Colorado columbine with water drops;
  15. Penstemon, aka perennial fox glove;
  16. Cranesbill geranium;
  17. Peony petal detail;
  18. Penstemon flower spike including flower heart and buds packed in a fibonacci sequence with small spider;
  19. Foxglove (digitalis), blossom hairs
  20. Stella Dora Daylily with wasp;
  21 and 22: unknown garden flower, 14 is an extreme closeup of the heart;
  23. Virginia bluebells, extreme closeup of petal hairs;
  24. Dianthus (carnation), unknown variety;
  25. Colorado columbine;
  26 and 27: Siberian Iris and hummingbird moth; these are the same photograph;
  28. Icelandic poppy and wasp
  
  And you can click on the pictures and get full-sized images to scroll around; I was totally blown away by the fuzziness of seeming smooth flowers.Report
- dragonfrog in reply to James Hanley says:
  
  June 30, 2014 at 11:40 am
  
  “Nect time” – heh heh.
  
  And, though I have nothing intelligent to say, the photos are lovely!Report
zic says:

June 28, 2014 at 11:20 pm

I set up a tumblr, greenwoodroad.

(This was much easier then a wordpress blog, btw.)

Thank you for the encouragement.Report
Anne says:

June 29, 2014 at 4:06 pm

Very nice photos @zic been enjoying your posts on FB as wellReport
- Anne in reply to Anne says:
  
  June 29, 2014 at 4:06 pm
  
  @zic and it looks like you live in an absolutely beautiful areaReport
Chris says:

June 30, 2014 at 11:49 am

Wonderful stuff.Report
zic says:

July 1, 2014 at 9:37 am

I have no words today, my dismay at our highest court knows no bounds. So I thought you might like to see some fowl to soothe your spirit, too.

http://greenwoodroad.tumblr.com/post/90390322802/water-fowl-in-the-wildReport
- zic in reply to zic says:
  
  July 1, 2014 at 9:38 am
  
  And a favor, if anybody who bothers to look has a disqus ID, drop a fowl comment so that I can see if that works; there were some issues (like it was in French, for starters. . . )Report
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