Thursday, 23 March 2023

DAY LILY

A daylily or day lily is a flowering plant in the genus Hemerocallis, a member of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae. Despite the common name, it is not in fact a lily.

Gardening enthusiasts and horticulturists have long bred daylily species for their attractive flowers. Thousands of cultivars have been registered by local and international Hemerocallis societies. Daylilies are perennial plants, whose name alludes to its flowers, which typically last about a day.

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Sunday, 19 March 2023

SUNDAY BEST #318 - MEMENTO MORI

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"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever." - Ecclesiastes 1:2-8 KJV

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Last week, Csuhpat1 in the USA shared some breaking waves photos which were full of energy, but also calming. Please visit his blog for more wonderful images.


Sunday, 12 March 2023

SUNDAY BEST #317 - MOONLIGHT

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Last week, Kwarkito in Paris shared this beautiful B&W shot of a woman seen through glass. Please visit his blog for more great photos.


Sunday, 5 March 2023

SUNDAY BEST #316 - SUNSET

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Last week, Roentare in Melbourne shared this beautiful B&W shot of a cave in Inverloch in Victoria. Please visit his blog for more great photos.



Thursday, 2 March 2023

FLOWER PAINTING

One of my flower compositions: "Summer Garden" - mixed media on canvas. You can view more of my art here: https://www.instagram.com/jammysevenk/

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Sunday, 26 February 2023

SUNDAY BEST #315 - SUMMER

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We are seeing some hot Summer days lately and the sky turns a brilliant pure blue that highlights the green gold of the eucalypts and the red of the earth. It is fortunate that we are able to live in a place where we can still enjoy the beauty of nature close to a big city, and also more than lucky to live in a country where things are not as bad as what most of the rest of the world is experiencing at the moment. For that I am thankful.

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Last week, An Bui in Vietnam posted some great photos from Da Lat. Please visit his site for more wonderful shots.



 

Thursday, 23 February 2023

ROSA 'FRIESIA'

Rosa 'Friesia' (synonyms: 'Sunsprite'; 'KORresia') is a rose variety developed by Reimer Kordes and introduced in 1973. The rose was derived from the cultivars 'Friedrich Wörlein' × 'Spanish Sun', and is one of the most successful floribunda roses. It was named 'Friesia' after the region Frisia (Friesland), the home of the breeder, and was one of the first roses to be given a code name (KORresia for Kordes).

Its sunny yellow blooms are large and flat with 17 to 25 waved petals, reaching an average diameter of 8 cm and have a very strong fragrance. The high-centred flowers appear solitary or in small clusters in a blooming period lasting from June to September. Their bright yellow colour hardly changes with age. The flower is not well suited as a cut flower as it has short stems and only lasts for a short period of time after cutting.

The plant has light-green, glossy leaves, forms upright, bushy shrubs with about 40 to 75 cm height and up to 60 cm width, is very disease resistant and hardy (USDA zone 6b) and can be grown on the ground or in containers. It is used as a parent rose, leading to cultivars such as Rosa 'Sun Flare' (Warriner 1981) and 'Morden Sunrise' (Davidson & Collicutt) 1991.

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Sunday, 19 February 2023

SUNDAY BEST #314 - WALKER

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Last week, Lydia in Sydney posted some lovely photos of reflections in a lake, of which this one below was my fave. Please visit her blog to see more.



Sunday, 12 February 2023

SUNDAY BEST #313 - IN THE DESERT

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South Australia outback near the Flinders Ranges.

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Thursday, 9 February 2023

CALIFORNIAN POPPY

An American wildflower, hybridised and now possessing a pink flower (rather than the wild bright warm yellow). Some alyssum in the background.

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Sunday, 5 February 2023

SUNDAY BEST #312 - MOON SONG

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Last week, Linda in Virginia posted some lovely photos of the wintry countryside in her part of the world. Please visit her blog for more wonderful images.


Thursday, 2 February 2023

AGAPANTHUS

Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales. The name is derived from scientific Greek: αγάπη (agape) = love, άνθος (anthos) = flower. Some species of Agapanthus are commonly known as lily of the Nile (or African lily in the UK), although they are not lilies and all of the species are native to Southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique) though some have become naturalised in scattered places around the world (Australia, Great Britain, Mexico, Ethiopia, Jamaica, etc.). 

Species boundaries are not clear in the genus, and in spite of having been intensively studied, the number of species recognised by different authorities varies from 6 to 10. The type species for the genus is Agapanthus africanus shown here. A great many hybrids and cultivars have been produced and they are cultivated throughout warm areas of the world.

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Sunday, 29 January 2023

SUNDAY BEST #311 - AT PRESTON MARKET

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Last week, Klara from Poland showed us some lovely images of Winter. Please visit her blog for more fine photos.


Thursday, 26 January 2023

CATTLEYA

Cattleya is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals. They are epiphytic or terrestrial orchids with cylindrical rhizome from which the fleshy noodle-like roots grow. Pseudobulbs can be conical, spindle-shaped or cylindrical; with upright growth; one or two leaves growing from the top of them. The leaves can be oblong, lanceolate or elliptical, somewhat fleshy, with smooth margin.

The inflorescence is a terminal raceme with few or several flowers. Flowers have sepals and petals free from each other; the lip or labellum (lowermost petal), usually has a different coloration and shape from the rest of the flower and covers in part the flower column forming a tube. There are four polliniums (bag-like organs that contain pollen). The fruit is a capsule with many small seeds''' 

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Sunday, 22 January 2023

SUNDAY BEST #310 - IN THE CITY

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In the City of Melbourne, looking North towards the County Court building.

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Last week, Jim in Sydney posted this iconic view of Bondi Beach in Sydney. Please visit his blog for more great photos.


Sunday, 15 January 2023

SUNDAY BEST #309 - PINK EVENING

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Last week, Csuhpat1 in the USA posted some lovely shots of a "light art" exhibition in San Francisco. Please visit his blog for more fine photos.


Thursday, 12 January 2023

NUTMEG PELARGONIUM

Pelargonium × fragrans is a pelargonium hybrid between Pelargonium odoratissimum and Pelargonium exstipulatum. It is in the subgenus Reniforme along with Pelargonium sidoides and Pelargonium abrotanifolium. Pelargonium comes from the Greek; Pelargos which means stork. Another name for pelargoniums is storksbills due the shape of their fruit. Fragrans refers to the fragrant leaves.

Pelargonium × fragrans, like its parent Pelargonium odoratissimum, is a small, spreading species which only grows up to 30 cm high and 60 cm wide. It has small white flowers and its leaves are waxy, green and ovate with slightly fringed edges. It has a sweet, slightly spicy, eucalyptus-like ("nutmeg") scent. Nutmeg-Scented Pelargonium makes a nice scented border in zones 9 and up, and a great summer bloomer for other zones. In Zone 8, during a very cold winter, it dies back but returns fairly reliably. If the winter is milder, Nutmeg Pelargonium will stay evergreen and even bloom early in Zone 8.

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Sunday, 8 January 2023

SUNDAY BEST #308 - SUMMER FRUIT

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Last week, Kwarkito in France posted a lovely photo of the Queen's Hamlet on the grounds of the Petit Trianon in the Palace of Versailles. Please visit his blog for more lovely shots and some thoughtful writing.


Thursday, 5 January 2023

ST JOHN'S WORT

Hypericum perforatum, also known as St John's wort, is a flowering plant species of the genus Hypericum and a medicinal herb that is sold over-the-counter as a treatment for depression. Other names for it include Tipton's weed, rosin rose, goatweed, chase-devil, or Klamath weed. With qualifiers, St John's wort is used to refer to any species of the genus Hypericum. Therefore, H. perforatum is sometimes called common St John's wort or perforate St John's wort to differentiate it.

Hypericum is classified in the family Hypericaceae, having previously been classified as Guttiferae or Clusiaceae. Approximately 370 species of the genus Hypericum exist worldwide with a native geographical distribution including temperate and subtropical regions of Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Middle East, India, and China.

St John's wort is a perennial plant with extensive, creeping rhizomes. Its stems are erect, branched in the upper section, and can grow to 1 m high. It has opposing, stalkless, narrow, oblong leaves that are 12 mm long or slightly larger. The leaves are yellow-green in colour, with transparent dots throughout the tissue and occasionally with a few black dots on the lower surface. Leaves exhibit obvious translucent dots when held up to the light, giving them a ‘perforated’ appearance, hence the plant's Latin name.

Its flowers measure up to 2.5 cm across, have five petals, and are coloured bright yellow with conspicuous black dots. The flowers appear in broad cymes at the ends of the upper branches, between late spring and early to mid summer. The sepals are pointed, with glandular dots in the tissue. There are many stamens, which are united at the base into three bundles. The pollen grains are ellipsoidal. When flower buds (not the flowers themselves) or seed pods are crushed, a reddish/purple liquid is produced.

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Sunday, 1 January 2023

SUNDAY BEST #307 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Last week, I chose two photos as my faves, one by Klara in Poland, showing a beautiful se and sky, and one by Roentare in Australia, with a glorious view of the Milky Way! Please visit their blogs for more wonderful photos.