photogrl57 Loc: Tennessee

Welcome to Day 125 :) Today we are going to take a look at flowering plants. Rather than take photos of roses and tulips .. I decided to concentrate on the unusual and obscure plants and weeds that flower. There are hundreds of thousands of flowering plants.. especially this time of year. Here are a few examples to get us started... I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with.

Janice Loc: Kentucky

Do you have any idea what the fifth one is? I have never seen one like it? Is it a desert flower?
All of these are just so great! Did you use your tubes?

saycheese Loc: By the Big Lake in West Michigan

Lovely job.You have inspired me to try my hand at less popular flowers/weeds.I'm afraid all I have in my yard are weeds.Maybe I can find a pretty one! Thank you for sharing!

JAW Loc: LA

Hi photogrl57,

Thank you for sharing these unusual plant with us. They do have a nice look but I don't want that very first character anywhere near my lawn. The grief that plant can bestow on my lawn is unbelievable. A picture is fine, just don't disturb the mother and the babies cause they will wreck havoc on the world when disturbed.

Teri O Loc: California

[quote=photogrl57]Welcome to Day 125 :) Today we are going to take a look at flowering plants. Rather than take photos of roses and tulips .. I decided to concentrate on the unusual and obscure plants and weeds that flower. There are hundreds of thousands of flowering plants.. especially this time of year.

Very nice examples Sherrie.... I spent some time this evening trying to analyse the terminology "flowering plants" -vs - flowers... and decided like you, to focus on plants that we see that DO flower that are not considered "flowers" so.. lucky for me I have recently shot some pretty good "Plants In Flower"

The bouganvillea - the colors are actually bracts (leaves) like the Poinsettia


These are the "flowers" of the bouganvillea - three tiny white blossoms in each set of three bracts.


The succulent Aeonium Purpuratrum


The Aeonium Flower - on top of a leggy stalk that is rather ugly - the bunches of tiny yellow blossoms are lovely


And this poor plant - our Plumeria - has been blown and rained on so much the new growth is all that is left except one sad white blossom.


But in a month the tree will be covered like this


Of course we all know cactus blooms - but is not necessarily considered a flower - Here is hubby's Christmas Cactus at its best.

AlthaeaTrout Loc: Spokane WA

Manito Conservatory

c-olin Loc: kent england

these are all from my garden .

AnnMurrey Loc: Ohio

Just a quick one of my clamantus (probably spelled that wrong) that I took yesterday maybe Tuesday.

Bushido Loc: No Where and Every Where

This is a very low resolution image and may appear grainy. It is intentional.

Bushido Loc: No Where and Every Where

Sorry, still getting use to this and for got to attach the image.

Fred Ann Loc: New Brunswick, Canada

The differences between climate and blossoming flowers is very different for here me in the Canadian north east. The only blooms I have in my garden right now are daffodils. So for today I will post photos of one of my favourite childhood wildflowers.I was absolutely delighted to find this yellow beauty in bloom in the woods earlier this week.I knew it as a Dog-tooth violet but it goes by many other names as well: Trout -lily,Fawn lily, both names are derived from the spotted leaves of this woodland plant And its also called Adder's tongue. A clue to the origin of this name lies in the visual red stamens seen at the center of its yellow petals.

Fred Ann Loc: New Brunswick, Canada

The dog-tooth violet photo lent itself readily to the kaleidoscope photo shop filter and in the first photo below part of the border shows what looks like a white tooth. the name dog-tooth is rooted in the root of this wildflower, which looks like a canine tooth. I dug one up once to verify that and its root does look just like a dog's tooth. the second kaleidoscope i call 'the adder's mouth!! so much fun playing with this wildflower's name. the third kaleidoscope is here just because of its beauty.

mgstrawn Loc: Atlanta, GA

Beautiful Shots, Sherrie a.k.a. Photogrl57! Thankful for some time to download photos this morning!

One of our Church members planted this type of 'annual' flower. The petals were blowing in a harsh wind. I don't know its identity.


A branch from a beautiful flowering tree on the Island of Dominica


A bloom from another type of flowering tree/large bush in St. Lucia


Another pretty flower from Dominica - almost like a pansie.


Another shot from Dominica - the poverty was prevalent, but the owner of this house, which was on the main street, had a love for flowers and plants!


This laundry hanging in Dominica was impressive with its bright and vivid colors. The whites were surely white!

catgirl Loc: las vegas

went for a walk about at the Santa Ana Botanical Gardens where I took these pictures.

purple ferny stuff Santa Ana Botanical


cacti Santa Ana Botanical


purple fernny thing same place


cats claw on my back wall


purple vine side wall can't remember name


a different kind of flower

catgirl Loc: las vegas

photogrl57 your pictures are so beautiful and inspires me to try harder pg1