#flamingo flower

[boschintegral-photo]

Brazilian Plume Flower (Justicia Carnea) Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

[bardopluto]

Flamingo flowers are so trippy

[xulme]

❤️

[flowerishness]

Anthurium (flamingo flower)

When is a petal not a petal? When it's a spathe. Petals evolved from leaves but the Anthurium's spathes got caught half way through the process. And why not? These modified leaves perform the same colorful function, alerting pollinators from a distance that the 'Flamingo Flower' restaurant is open for lunch. The flowers themselves are tiny and arranged in a spiral on the sticking-out part: the spadix.

Flamingo flowers can't survive a Vancouver winter outdoors so to see such a variety this late in the year, you have to go to a glass house. These photos were taken at the Blodel Conservatory and I reckon the flamingo flowers alone were worth the price of admission.

[orticasimpatica]

Ortica Simpatica, Red Anthurium Andreanum

{repotted}

[herpandherb]

Flamingo Flower/ Anthurium

[faguscarolinensis]

Anthurium x 'Pink Champion' / 'Pink Champion' Flamingo Flower at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, CO

[blossomroom]

Hacienda El Espinal, Urrao “paraíso escondido” de Antioquia

El esplendor del valle del Penderisco.

Abril de 2014