Jun 29
Photo Challenge: Flower Power
I was supposed to post these yesterday as part of the latest Round Robin Photo Challenge, but a long, meeting-filled day at work was just enough to make me forget.
In any case, these were taken this past weekend, when I took my parents to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens here in Richmond. My mom feels that her hair was a mess on that particular outing, and has made it clear that I am to show no one the photos that I snapped of them, so I’ll stick to three samples of flowers that I spotted as we toured the gardens.
Of the three, this next one is my favorite. Although I like the vibrant reds, both the color and the flower itself seemed so delicate in person that I wanted to try to capture it and show that these particular blossoms seem to be fairly solitary:
This one was snapped inside the conservatory:
I’m no botanist, so if you are curious about what kind of flowers they are, I am unfortunately not able to give you that information. I can say, however, that these are a very, very small sampling of the things to see at Ginter, and if you’re ever in the area, you should definitely stop by.
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June 29th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Great shots. That last flower is just amazing.
June 30th, 2006 at 6:05 am
Hey Patrick
I think the top one is a Day Lily, and the second one looks kinda like an Iris. Not too sure though. Lovely photos!
Good job!
August 10th, 2006 at 8:48 am
Nice photos. BTW, your link here to A Stop at Willoughby is bad. It has blogger.com instead of blogspot.com. Just thought you’d like a heads-up.