A photograph of Physalis alkekengi, also known as Japanese Lantern, Chinese Lantern, Winter Cherry, and Bladder Cherry. According to the Wikipedia entry, “In Japan, its seeds are used as part of the Bon Festival as offerings to guide the souls of the deceased.”
Posts Tagged ‘flowers’
Japanese Lantern
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Tiger Lily
Sunday, August 15th, 2010The tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium, I believe):
Kwanzo
Friday, August 13th, 2010The kwanzo is a tetraploid daylily. I have limited myself to displaying three images here (photographed on Bastille Day):
Tea Rose Sequel
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Here are four more photographs of tea roses, following the first three and the prequel.
Daylily Orange
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010I failed to photograph any of my own daylilies this year, so here is one of my parents’ daylilies of the same color:
Tea Rose Prequel
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Upon special request, I offer another photograph of a tea rose. Chronologically, it precedes the others (q.v.) by a day.
Tea Rose
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Daylily
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Identify the Flower 5
Saturday, July 10th, 2010Do you know what this is?
Identify the Flower 4
Thursday, July 8th, 2010If you can identify the flower in the photograph, please comment!
