Flora

Plants | Flowers | Grasses

Seeds

Life on the Line

Seeds for the picking

Tall Grass

All seeds ejected

Bad Hair Day

Confused dandelion

Pincushion

Protea family

Clivia

Vibrant head of flowers

Leaves

High contrast shadows obscuring the stem

Wheat

Heads up display

Red Carnation

Coloured black & white image

Collector

Gift of a few drops of water

60's Hairdo

Wild spring flower

Snowdrop

Quite cool

White Daisies

Tucked In

Still under the covers

Morning Glory

Life slowly returns after the night

Waking Up

Testing the sunlight

Stretching

Getting ready for the day

Yawning

A breath of fresh air

Unwrap

Putting on the best dress

Unwrapped

Fully dressed

Irresistible

Showing Off

Pollen Core

At the heart of the matter

Glide Slope

Path to the pollen and nectar

Bull's Eye

Right on target for the next meal

In Context

Putting things into perspective

Geraniums

Wild & Free

Uncultured, but beautiful

Sophisticated

Those of a purer breed

Weeds

Morning Star

Minature star shaped wild flower

Enchanted

Eye catching

Arum Lilies

Gold Finger

Rude to point

Cheers

Have a drink on me

Blue Wild Flower

Blue 1

Delicate little lady with a nice dress

Blue 2

A little shy

Trumpet

Calling all pollinators

Daisy

Daisy 1

With morning dew

Daisy 2

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow” – Helen Keller

Autumn of Spring

Freecias

On their way to flower heaven

Expired

Nothing left of their former glory

Skeleton

Agapanthus - only the stems remain

Fusias

Bud

Well formed

Fusia

In full bloom

Petals

Makro of inner petals

Kanniedood

Aloe bud

Lanterns

Used by leprechauns

Quivers

Springbok, Namaqualand

Maartpypie

Gladiolus brevifolius

Orchid

My wife's plant

Creeper

On the wall of the old lion enclosure of the ill fated Cape Town zoo

Red Plant

True colour of this plant

Agapanthus Bud

The promise of beauty

Captured

A large stone trapped in the roots of a tree. Revealed only after the tree was uprooted.

Wild Chincherinchee

Solo Cluster

Blooming from the bottom up

Us Two

Showing off in the morning light

United we Stand

A field dominated

Yellow Mushroom

Growing out of a decaying log

Roots

Drinking from the stream

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