Infamous Inner Bits

Since I started taking macro photos of flowers, I’ve been constantly amazed at how different they are from one another. And, how the differences matter: the colour and smell of pollen in attracting certain pollinators; the structure and colour of the petal arrangement; the shape of the petals themselves, including fine hairs and big places to land.

Most of these photos have been posted on my b or in the café here, but I think they highlight some of the differences to be found. All were taken w/ a Nikon D70s – and I forgot to mention that in my last diary, the D70s was used as well.


(Link to flower diagram)

“The jack-in-the-pulpit is considering a sex change. The violets have a secret. The dandelion is smug. The daffodils are obsessive. The orchid is finally satisfied, having produced over a million seeds. The bellflower is not satisfied and is slowly bending its stigma in order to reach its own pollen. The pansies wait expectantly, their vulivform faces lifted to the sky. The evening primrose is interested in one thing and one thing only.

A stroll through the garden is almost embarrassing.”

~ Anatomy of a Rose, Sharman Apt Russell