Album of Beautiful Flowers - 名花寫真專集

名花寫真專集 

  （從北加到台灣）

Photo Album of Beautiful Flowers - from N. California to Taiwan

             I.     Northern California     

                  

 Sunflower in the morning sun

晨曦中一朶向日葵 

Inside a community garden in Trivalley area (N. California)

Below left :  a bearded purple Iris

Right：two white peonies 

左手邊是一朶初放紫色鳶尾花

右手邊為兩朶盛放白牡丹

拱形窗洞外邊另有天地

Outside the opening of a brick wall there’s a small world (Left）

石牆上搖曳枝葉斑駁碎影 

襯托前景一枝獨秀天堂鳥

A single bird of paradise flower 

adorns the empty wall with fragmented shadows of swaying tree limbs in the background (Below）

Pineapple Guava Flowers* 鳳梨蕃石榴花

* The flowers of pineapple guava were not only edible but sweet and tasty, with a tropical flavor and a melon-like texture - gredalder.com

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Decadence)

有鬚大花鳶尾花

II.  From Taipei, Taiwan 

金露花（Duranta erecta ）

Early fall, 2024

金露花：学名：Duranta erecta 又名蕾絲金露花、洋刺、番子刺、花墙刺、篱笆树、小本苦林盤、如意草、假連翹、英文名有Golden Dewdrop、Pigeon Berry、 Skyflower，是馬鞭草科金露花属的植物- 維基百科

Collage of a few indigenous Taiwanese flowers

拼圖 clockwise: Hibiscus(芙蓉、朱槿); Ginger lily(野薑花); Ixora chinensis (仙丹花)

Paintings of Taiwanese flowers, a Collage

繪本台灣花卉拼圖

Clockwise:  Tung blossoms (油桐花)； Cherry blossoms (櫻花) ; Poinciana (鳳凰花), Pastel 

Watercolor and pastel (Grace L.)

Hope you enjoy these one of a kind flowers !

Grace