Shy and not so shy - the Nodding Violet by Trish Meyer
Panasonic FZ 100, macro setting, selective focus.
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Photographed at my home, Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, the blooms of Nodding Violet, Streptocarpus Caulescens are approximately 5cms by 4cms. It is in the same family as the African Violet
and is a perennial evergreen with lots of showy hanging flowers, hence the common name Nodding Violet.
To keep flowering well indoors, it should have bright light away from direct sunlight. Outdoors, morning sun is fine. It’s great in a pot or hanging basket on a patio and does best in an area that’s frost-free. It likes humus-rich, moist soil and can be propagated easily from tip cuttings in spring and summer.
Comments
Beautiful Trish.
Thank you very much for your beautiful comments !
– Trish Meyer
Superb macro, wonderfully beautiful colors
Byron, thank you … the hanging basket provides much pleasure !
– Trish Meyer
Superb macro, wonderfully beautiful colors
Very nice capture Trish
Thank you very much Larry for your comments and for accepting this image !
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Andrea, thank you for accepting !
I have entered a “wacky image” in the challenge :)
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Thanks for accepting this image Ray !
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Excellent detail and wonderful capture.
Andrea, thank you very much for your wonderful comments !
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Beautiful capture,Trish! Love the shape and the colour. They are very pretty and dainty.
Thank you very much Pat for your beautiful comments and favourite of this image ! They give much visual pleasure all year round :)
– Trish Meyer
This is a terrific captureTrish,
Malcolm, thanks so much for your terrific comments !
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