Category: Images of flowers and plants

Le immagini di fiori e piante ci portano nell’incantevole mondo della natura, catturando la grazia dei petali, i colori vibranti e la vitalità della vita vegetale. Ogni fotografia è un omaggio alla bellezza semplice e straordinaria delle piante, un’ode visiva alla natura che ci circonda.

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A solitary water lily: a splendid flower

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A solitary water lily: a splendid flower.
The water lily is a very beautiful and particular flower. Apart from the fact that it is also difficult to find but then it has something exotic... it is a bit like if it were the lotus "de nojatri".
Since it seemed like a really beautiful photo to me, I modified it in HDR in color and also in black and white.

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Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

They are typically rooting and perennial aquatic plants. Some species can be considered marsh plants as they can easily tolerate temporary drops in the water level. The average height of these plants depends on the depth of the water basin and in any case they rarely exceed two meters.
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A solitary water lily: a splendid flower – Un nénuphar solitaire : une fleur splendide – Un nenúfar solitario: una flor espléndida – Um nenúfar solitário: uma flor esplêndida – Eine einzelne Seerose: eine prächtige Blume – Hoa súng đơn độc: bông hoa lộng lẫy
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Azalea, an explosion of colors in a single plant

Azalea

Azalea, an explosion of colors in a single plant.
The azalea is a spectacular flower, or rather a plant. A few days ago, walking with my dog, I found this beautiful plant, with hundreds of white and pink flowers... a spectacle!

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Azalea

Azalea

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

Azalea and rhododendron are plants belonging to the genus Rhododendron (L. 1753) of the Ericaceae family, native to Eurasia and America. The name derives from the Greek words ῥόδον (rhodon, rose) and δένδρον (dendron, tree). This genus includes over 500 species, infinite hybrids and varieties, of shrubby plants, ranging from 40 to 90 cm, with open, large, rough, oval or lanceolate crowns, glossy dark green on the upper side, lighter or rusty on the lower side, with a glabrous and revolute margin, simple or double flowers, with showy colours, bell-shaped, with sometimes wavy lobes, gathered in large bunches, at the ends of the branches. They bloom between spring and summer, depending on the species. The genus Rhododendron has been divided into 8 subgenera.
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Azalea, an explosion of colors in a single plant – Azalée, une explosion de couleurs dans une seule plante – Azalea, una explosión de colores en una sola planta – Azaléia, uma explosão de cores em uma única planta – Azalee, eine Explosion von Farben in einer einzigen Pflanze – Hoa đỗ quyên, sự bùng nổ màu sắc trong một loài cây
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A branch of capers: truly wonderful buds

Capperi

A branch of capers: truly wonderful buds.
Having a plant available, it is easy for me to photograph a branch of capers.
As you can see, the capers sprout at the tips of the branches and slowly bloom.

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Capperi

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

The caper (Capparis spinosa L., 1753) is a small shrub or branched subshrub with a prostrate-drooping habit. The buds of the plant, called capers, are consumed, and more rarely the fruits, known as cucunci. Both are preserved in oil, vinegar or salt. The habit is tufted, with a stem that immediately branches and branches that are woody only in the basal part, often very long, initially erect, then creeping or drooping.
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A branch of capers: truly wonderful buds – Une branche de câpres : des bourgeons vraiment merveilleux – Una rama de alcaparras: cogollos verdaderamente maravillosos – Um ramo de alcaparras: botões verdadeiramente maravilhosos – Ein Kapernzweig: wirklich wunderbare Knospen – Một nhánh nụ bạch hoa: những nụ thực sự tuyệt vời – 刺山柑的一个分支：真正美妙的花蕾 – ケーパーの枝: 本当に素晴らしいつぼみ
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Pumpkin Buds: A Nice Macro Before They Bloom

boccioli di zucca

Pumpkin buds: a nice macro before they bloom.
A few days ago I focused on the pumpkin plant and took several photos.
This one, for example, is of some pumpkin buds (actually there is only one in the image) photographed in close-up.
And, looking even more carefully at the image, I think that they are not even buds anymore as it seems to me that the fruit is already in the embryonic stage.
I like this plant and above all I like the hair along the stem.

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Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

The term pumpkin refers to the fruits of various cultivars belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, in particular some species of the Cucurbita genus (Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita pepo and Cucurbita moschata) but also species belonging to other genera such as Lagenaria vulgaris or ornamental pumpkin, or Sicyos edulis.
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Pumpkin blossoms: a nice macro before they bloom – Fleurs de citrouille : une belle macro avant qu’elles ne fleurissent – Flores de calabaza: una bonita macro antes de que florezcan – Flores de abóbora: uma boa macro antes de florescerem – Kürbisblüten: ein schönes Makro bevor sie blühen – Hoa bí ngô: một macro đẹp trước khi chúng nở hoa – 南瓜花：开花前的漂亮微距 – カボチャの花: 開花前の素敵なマクロ
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The fruit of the caper: few people know it but this is it

frutto del cappero

The fruit of the caper: few people know it but it is this.
Few people know that the real fruit of the caper is this and not the bud that is normally eaten to add flavor to a dish. I only discovered now that the real name of this fruit is cucuncio.
The caper is in fact only the bud of the flower. If you let it bloom, once pollinated, the fruit that resembles a small cucumber is formed.

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frutto del cappero

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Tamron 16-300.

I found this nice article on the site papilleclandestine.it which explains the difference between caper and cucuncio, very interesting.

The fruit of the caper: few people know it but this is it – Le fruit du câprier : peu de gens le connaissent mais c’est ça – El fruto de la alcaparra: pocos lo conocen pero así es – O fruto da alcaparra: poucas pessoas sabem, mas é isso – Die Frucht der Kapern: nur wenige kennen sie, aber das ist sie – Quả bạch hoa: ít người biết nhưng đây chính là nó – 刺山柑的果实：很少有人知道，但就是这样 – ケイパーの実：それを知っている人はほとんどいませんが、これはそれです