Friday, March 21, 2014

FRIDAY'S FLOWERS

I received an email this week with pictures of some very beautiful, spectacular and unusual flowers so instead of Friday frolics/funnies I decided to share some of those flowers with you and will do so in coming weeks as well.    I am hoping some of you will recognise what these are.  Meantime, just enjoy their beauty.  I recognise the first, second and I think the last one.



Don't you just really love the beauty that flowers bring into our lives?  I know I do.
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  1. Buttons ThoughtsMarch 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM

    Wow I have never seen such beautiful unusual flowers the third one looks like a monkey , or is that only me?:) Hug B

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    1. MimsieMarch 21, 2014 at 6:36 PM

      They are certainly different and no you are not imagining it. The third one is called a Monkey Orchid. : )

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  2. Elephant's ChildMarch 21, 2014 at 2:48 PM

    Gorgeous things.

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    1. MimsieMarch 21, 2014 at 6:36 PM

      Yes, aren't we so fortunate in having flowers in our world.

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  3. RiverMarch 21, 2014 at 3:46 PM

    They're so beautiful. I think the third one is a Monkshood? I don't recognise any of the others, unless the first one is a passionflower. The centre does resemble the flowers we had on our passionfruit vine although the petals are different. Perhaps a banana passionfruit flower.

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    1. MimsieMarch 21, 2014 at 6:39 PM

      I had to try and find out more about #3 and it is called a Monkey Orchid (Dracula simia). It is very rare and only found in high elevations of Ecuador and Peru.
      I am positive the first flower is indeed a type of passionfruit as they come in many different colours but was wrong about the last one. I thought it a gloxinia but I was wrong.

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    2. RiverMarch 22, 2014 at 11:46 AM

      Yes, I googled monkshoods later and saw they were quite different.

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    3. MimsieMarch 22, 2014 at 7:57 PM

      I had to google them too and apparently they come in different shades of blue and are very pretty.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 21, 2014 at 9:00 PM

    Oh my goodness...what an exotic selection. The first one looks like feathers and the third one like a monkey. Second from last looks like paper cutouts.

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    1. MimsieMarch 22, 2014 at 10:01 AM

      Thanks Delores. There'll be more to come over coming weeks.
      That monkey orchid is certainly unusual and the others, very special too.

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  5. Yamini MacLeanMarch 22, 2014 at 1:51 AM

    Hari OM
    Gobsmackingly beautiful. What a great way to end the week. Hugs, YAM xx

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    1. MimsieMarch 22, 2014 at 10:01 AM

      I thought so too and had to share them. Nice way to drift into the weekend. xx

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  6. Rose ~ from OzMarch 22, 2014 at 4:41 AM

    Mimsie, how totally unusual and utterly gorgeous!!

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    1. MimsieMarch 22, 2014 at 10:02 AM

      Yes Rose, both of those things and more besides. : )

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  7. Susan KaneMarch 22, 2014 at 11:52 PM

    utterly beautiful. The lacy one is particularly striking.

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