[OrchidJulie]

Oh My Gosh!! What a strikingly stunning floral image. Most impressive young lady, most impressive and many thanks for the awesome treat. )

tt

Thanks, Tony! My pleasure to share it, glad you enjoyed it. I warned you a few days ago that my calla was about to bloom! Frankly I had forgotten how gorgeous it is, I don't think it bloomed last year. But I'm enjoying it now! Delighted to share!

[WPRESTO]

Here's a calla lily of a different color, or all colors if you want to be technical.

[pkboy]

Sunflower from Chinese New Year market back in January

[OrchidJulie]

Here's a calla lily of a different color, or all colors if you want to be technical.

Being technical... the part of a calla that we admire, that outer voluptuous part, isn't really the flower...it's a structure called a "spathe", sort of a bract (modified leaf) wrapping around the "spadix", which is the yellow structure inside the tube. The real flowers are the tiny bumps on the spadix. This is the typical anatomy of arum-family flowers. Callas are aroids, related to plants like philodendron, though the common name is "calla lily" they aren't lilies at all.

I know, TMI. Sorry, my bad. But that is a gorgeous calla, Walt. I am fond of them!

[WPRESTO]

Being technical... the part of a calla that we admire, that outer voluptuous part, isn't really the flower...it's a structure called a "spathe", sort of a bract (modified leaf) wrapping around the "spadix", which is the yellow structure inside the tube. The real flowers are the tiny bumps on the spadix. This is the typical anatomy of arum-family flowers. Callas are aroids, related to plants like philodendron, though the common name is "calla lily" they aren't lilies at all.

I know, TMI. Sorry, my bad. But that is a gorgeous calla, Walt. I am fond of them!

I very much appreciate learning something new, although I've forgotten more than I ever knew. I'm more familiar with a spathe from skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), the "endothermic" plant.

[WPRESTO]

I flower that surely has been molded by human selection.

[Fritz]

St. John's Wort.

[WPRESTO]

Night blooming water lilies.

[OrchidJulie]

I very much appreciate learning something new, although I've forgotten more than I ever knew. I'm more familiar with a spathe from skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), the "endothermic" plant.

"skunk cabbage" is an aroid, too, so no surprise that the inflorescence has those characteristics. We don't have the, er, pleasure of it here, but I've heard of it. Stinky to attract insect pollinators, as is its much huger cousin, tropical Amorphophallus ("corpse flower"). There are some orchids with a similar stink.

[WPRESTO]

"skunk cabbage" is an aroid, too, so no surprise that the inflorescence has those characteristics. We don't have the, er, pleasure of it here, but I've heard of it. Stinky to attract insect pollinators, as is its much huger cousin, tropical Amorphophallus ("corpse flower"). There are some orchids with a similar stink.

Despite getting down close (back when I could) and even crushing a bit of it, I have never been able to detect an offensive odor. It certainly attracts the early flies when it melts its way through the snow.

I'll add an image of skunk cabbage surrounded by some ice that's covering a muddy patch

[OrchidJulie]

Despite getting down close (back when I could) and even crushing a bit of it, I have never been able to detect an offensive odor. It certainly attracts the early flies when it melts its way through the snow.

Only a guess, but the odor may be related to the age of the leaf -- younger or older, or at a certain stage of maturation. Whatever, it's a very strange plant!

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Night blooming water lilies.

Beautiful! I had no idea there were so many different kinds of night-blooming water lilies. I've always wanted a pond, with water lilies and lotus (which are really too big for a modest pond, but what the heck, as long as I'm dreaming...).

[cartesio]

by Marco Marco, su Flickr

[ivanvernon]

Large garden flower with K-1 and Pentax 67 55mm f 4.0.

[WPRESTO]

Modest-size flowers in a big cluster

[Tonytee]

Taken with: Canon EOS 80D Body and a Canon EF-S 55~250mm, IS, STM Lens.

Thanks a million for viewing.

tony