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Florida's Flower

Posted by Susan (Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States) on 8 June 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Found this beauty in a friend's back yard recently....The hibiscus abounds in S Florida, and each time you see one, it's a different color....Their lightness and curving petals is what attracts me to them......And if it's not too windy outside, I get a shot like this!!

A PHOTO - CHALLENGE – GET – READY - AM3

JOIN IN WITH DIMITRIOS AND HIS HOLIDAY CHALLENGE!!!
With the time approaching let’s celebrate the coming of the new year.
Post one image on December 25th with a Xmas wish.
Post a second image on January the 1st 2010 and include a smile with yourself in this picture!
Get your mind working on this idea am3, tell your friends about it.
See you there, all the best, Dimitrios from Athens Greece.

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Comments (16)

Catherine Biagini from ARLES, France

quel beau drapé pour cette belle robe de bal !

8 Jun 2009 5:16am

@Catherine Biagini: merci beaucoup!

Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States

Like a vintage wedding dress...so lovely.

8 Jun 2009 5:28am

@Suzanne: Thanks much Suzanne, appreciate it!!

willow from Chelsea, United States

The petals look like tissue paper almost - so thin and delicate. I have one of these in my living room because it's too cold for them outside most of the year here and they make me think of warmer places...

8 Jun 2009 4:20pm

@willow: Oooooh, you've figured out how to grown this indoors???? I'm impressed...you must have a giant green thumb!!!

marc battault from clermont ferrand, France

How beautiful collections of flowers, Suzanne, just as superb as each other! even the latter has a small tear at the corner of his PETALE!
kisses, susan!

8 Jun 2009 4:44pm

@marc battault: I love that you called the water drop a tear!!! How "romantic".....thanks very much for you wonderful comments......xxooxx

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Neat capture. My earliest memories of flowers are of the hibiscus hedge along our driveway.

8 Jun 2009 5:29pm

@john4jack: Glad I could bring back good memories for ya!!

peter from new york, United States

a lovely capture susan! on a somewhat related note, i had a hibiscus margarita last night and it was so tasty! hahah

8 Jun 2009 5:33pm

@peter: Interesting....never heard of a hibiscus margarita....but I'll bet it was tasty!!!

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Nice shot, like the single droplet.

8 Jun 2009 7:08pm

@Graham Russon: Thanks Graham...... I liked the single droplet even more, when marc (above) called it a tear....

Dawn from Whitehall, Maryland, United States

Wow!! This is beautiful ~

8 Jun 2009 8:51pm

@Dawn: Thanks much Dawn........

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

So pretty...

Still haven't found out what we are doing or where we are going when in Ft Lauderdale... even if we can meet up for lunch?

8 Jun 2009 9:35pm

@Fliss: thanks fliss.....as soon as you know when you'll be here, let me know, and if it's on a weekend, we can definitely do lunch.....going back to work on weds.....so either lunch on the weekend, or cocktails after work, during the week.....let me know.....

dkc from Xanthi, Greece

Such a beautiful flower! The drop detail is fabulous!

8 Jun 2009 9:37pm

@dkc: Thanks much Dimitris.....that drop is now known as the "teardrop"....

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

When I miss-behaved (which was often), my mother made me go get a hibiscus limb which she stripped and switched my legs. (At least it was better than my dad's belt.)

8 Jun 2009 10:41pm

@john4jack: Oh no, I thought it was a "good" memory that photo brought to you!!! I know about misbehaving frequently, I was also no angel as a child, and there was many a time that dad took off his belt....so sorry I brought those memories back to ya!!!