Last month at the New York botanic gardens I went to see the orchid display, when in fact these non-orchid photos turned out to be my favorites. In the dessert section was this beautiful plant native to Madagascar called Euphorbia didieriodes. The plant itself isn’t widely known, and I found little information on it, although other Euphorbias are common house/garden plants. I love these photos mainly because it surprised me that such delicate, cute little red flowers were poking out of a formidably thorny plant!
Happy weekend everyone!
Laura Lecce's art and photography 
A beautiful plant, I’m loving all the flora and fauna posts on your blog keep em coming!
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Hopefully I never run out of photos… My biggest fear!
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Lovely shot!
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Thanks Belinda, I really enjoyed photographing this one!
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Laura, beautiful photos!
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Thank you so much Margaret! I was so happy with them, I really like the fading focus that these flowers allowed me to create.
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I need to learn how to do that with my photos. I have a camera that I need to learn it but it seems so daunting! I should just get moving on it and learn. 🙂
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I know, it was for me too. I still don’t remember the things I learnt when I took a photography course! Some things just wont stick in my brain no matter how hard I try… I just let my macro lens do what it does (I can hear photographers gasping in horror at this comment)!
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Well, gasp no further when they see your photos! there you go…..:) if it works, it works!
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Thanks Margaret, you make me smile! Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
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You too!
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Beautiful!!!
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Thank you Dave, hope you have a fun photo filled weekend!
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I don’t often visit botanical gardens/greenhouses, but when I do I find I’m often drawn to the desert flowers. I think it has something to do with the contrast of such beauty being found in a landscape that’s supposed to be barren.
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I can absolutely relate to that…for me there is just something so intriguing to see delicate flowers amongst thorns and spines.
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Their beauty is calling out to us…wonderful photo!
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Thank you Jane, a warm welcome to my blog! I look forward to exploring your photographs and poetry. Have a great week!
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It’s a lovely plant, Laura. I love the red flowers. They are beautiful.
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