Flowers 2014

[Pitter]

Sury the first one I bought at a greenhouse but probably grows in the wild somewhere in Colombia. The second one I found growing wild. Both are visited by longer billed hummingbirds like Bronzy Inca and Tawny-bellied Hermit. There is a much larger flowered epiphytic Kohleria that grows in my woods. It is pollinated by bats. I'm waiting for it to flower so I can get a Sony picture of it.

[sury]

Thanks Pitter. Very interesting. I did not know that Bats pollinated flowers.
Learning never stops, does it?

Sury

[sury]

Lighting Experiment with wireless flash....



Natural light...

[Pitter]

Good experiment. Hard to tell the light location in some.

[sury]

Pitter, my apologies for the ambiguity. The first one is the wireless flash experiment.
The other two are regular backyard shots.

Sury

[the_hefay]

Great shots Sury. I like the wireless flash shot.

[Sinan]

Nice shots Sury. I especially liked the light in the first one!

[sury]

Thank you Pitter, Jeff and Sinan. Much appreciated.

Sury

[Pitter]

Sury I meant that the light source not being apparent made the photo interesting.

[Pitter]

This is Cremosperma castroanum. It grows almost un noticed on the floor of premontain cloud forest. I believe it is a kind of begonia.

[sury]

Thank you Pitter and that is an interesting plant. The leaves with needle like extensions
it almost feels like cactus.

Sury

[Pitter]

This a wild Kohleria that grows in my woods, Kohleria tigridia. It is always associated with a tree so I would call it epiphytic. It is the one I referred to that is pollinated by bats.

[sury]

Fascinating flower and fascinating concept: Epiphyte.
Learned something new. Thank you, Pitter.

Sury

[Pitter]

Thank you Sury. Nature is my hoby.

[sury]

Look forward to more of the (same) nature.

Sury