Sunday, April 26, 2009

Today's Flowers




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This hibiscus flower was taken in my garden here in the philippines. One sunny morning when I walk around my garden I saw this beautiful hibiscus blooming in my garden. I get my camera and took a close-up shot of this beautiful flower. The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more petals, ranging from white to pink, red, purple or yellow, and from 4-15 cm broad.The color of the Hibiscus grows darker as it ages. The fruit is a dry five-lobed capsule, containing several seeds in each lobe, which are released when the capsule splits open at maturity. To view more flowers around the world, just click the logo above.

12 comments:

Norm said...

so gorgeous, I love double hibiscus flower..

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, I also posted some hybrid hibiscus today. They seem to be so simple yet beautiful.

Barbara said...

Very Beautiful shot.
Smiles B

Anonymous said...

pretty hibiscus.

paz

Sara Chapman said...

So well photographed and such a lovely flower also.

Müge Tekil said...

A lovely flower very nicely photographed! Have a great new week! :-)

Anonymous said...

abeautiful hibiscus you've got here. They are not usually so full.

Rune Eide said...

I think that this is one we only see in greenhouses - thank you for sharing!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Tulip: Beautiful colors on the hibiscus in that dark red.

Maria Berg said...

I have a Hibiskus as a indoor plant here in Sweden.
They are so big and beautiful.

Today I have Tulips on mu blog,

Maria Berg, MB

sunnymama said...

So pretty!

Ebie said...

That's a pretty pink and yet double variety of hibiscus. Its dried flowers can be used as drink and they call it "agua de jamaica".