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

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











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