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No...really.
As I concluded last year....the Amaryllis is one flirty bit of flora and I just love watching the smexiness unfold as it first noses it's way out of the bulb and then after a good long stretch gets down to the business of the big tease as it slowly opens up and yawns wide to display all it's glory.
This mornings' bitto sunshine allowed me to capture a few images in natural light. I wasn't sure we'd even get sun and I'd lose the chance entirely since the plant had stopped contemplating the zen of blooming and decided this morning getting on with the job. I had wanted to capture the *smirk* n the bud's lips (Little Shoppe of Horrors anyone), but couldn't get home in time from errands to do so. 1 1/2 hours this morning was enough time for three petals to pull back from the bud and the sly mouth was gone....well at least that particular expression is. She's still looking as though she has something to say.....
I wonder if I should name her Audrey?
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They really are sparkly ...when you get close to them, there is an irridescent sheen on surface of the petals that reminds me of butterfly wings....it does weird things to the light and some images are just a mass of glare because of the light bouncing off these.
I think we are not going to get enough light today for me to pounce on the next stage of the bud...I am getting to understand people who get into stop motion photography of plants and such. Marvels really, the way these things are designed.>D