Poppy Seeds.
Pollen grains land on the stigma crown before sending pollen grains into the ovary where they deposit sperm cells in an egg.
Streptocarpus Parviflorum with delicate blue flowers is worth a second look.
I bought this plant on a whim. It looked tired and jaded and past its best in the plant shop. It did have several curled-up stems that were beginning to grow; I felt sorry for it. The flower has an unusual stigma and anther configuration. I’ll leave it alone and have a closer look later. Our new cat, Freddy, has also taken a closer look. He broke several flower stems in the process.
Dallying with Dahlias
Dally for a while, and look closely at this dahlia plant.
Convolvulus Cneorum an open and shut case.
Convolvulus cneorum flowers don’t last long. They open slowly in the early morning light and close when daylight fades.
When flowers fold away like an umbrella, the flower is dead, and the cylinder slowly falls over.
Papaver Rhoeas, the Flanders Poppy.
Red with a striking black center.
The Flanders Poppy grew in battlefield bomb craters around the trenches during World War One.
Convolvulus Cneorum.
Other species in this genus are vines. Profuse pink buds arranged loosely on panicles. The buds unfurl, producing white cone-shaped flowers with a yellow throat. The grey-green leaves are covered in fine hairs giving the plant a silvery appearance.
Hippeastrum Emerald.
Another pot plant from Palmers Gardenworld Rotorua. Big bulbs, long stems with the most graceful blooms you will ever see.
Hippeastrum Hercules.
Hippeastrum is my favourite flower. With the local Palmers five minutes away and room for pots at home, who needs a garden?
Lilies
An explosion of flowers at the top of each stalk
Anemone in Blue
You can’t miss the spikey mound at the heart of an anemone.