Day 17
by jmritz

Comment by RKT:
Delicious chocolaty tones!

Lace
by jmritz

Comment by RKT:
So pretty and delicate and the warm tones bring about a hint of nostalgia...very nice.

rain
by jmritz

Comment by patio127:
Yep, that's what it looks like ! We had rain for 3 days & now its' gorgeous.All the negative space and the poor little flower in the corner give this the desolate feeling of being trapped inside-due to the rain-very nice.

Day 11
by jmritz

Comment by JerseyGenie:
The tranquility and the zig zagginess work very well together here. I'd think they'd fight each other but they don't! Great glimpse into a peaceful respite.

Day 22
by jmritz

Comment by JerseyGenie:
The shiny and luminant color is so perfect in this shot. And boy oh boy did you nail the lovely textures on the bee.

Day 22
by jmritz

Comment by JLC:
Nice bee. I like the colors and your composition here. Well done.

Take me to your leader
by jmritz

Comment by jmritz:

Originally posted by yakatme: Great shot of the Golden Shrimp Plant. However, the correct botanical name is "Pachystachys lutea". Justicia brandegeana is the botanical name for the Red Shrimp Plant that has a very similar flower but is not related in any way to the Golden Shrimp Plant. I grow the Pachystachys lutea from cuttings in my wholesale nursery and I have about 600 of them. When I list them for sale in the trade publications I have to list them by botanical name, so these names get branded in my head. An interesting side note: the yellow is not part of the flower. If you look closely, you'll see that the yellow portions of the plant are actually modified leaves, colored to attract pollinators to the less obvious white flowers.

Thanks Robert I'll change the botanical name. Silly me I just put down what the tag said.

Take me to your leader
by jmritz

Comment by yakatme:
Great shot of the Golden Shrimp Plant. However, the correct botanical name is "Pachystachys lutea". Justicia brandegeana is the botanical name for the Red Shrimp Plant that has a very similar flower but is not related in any way to the Golden Shrimp Plant. I grow the Pachystachys lutea from cuttings in my wholesale nursery and I have about 600 of them. When I list them for sale in the trade publications I have to list them by botanical name, so these names get branded in my head.

An interesting side note: the yellow is not part of the flower. If you look closely, you'll see that the yellow portions of the plant are actually modified leaves, colored to attract pollinators to the less obvious white flowers.

Day 22
by jmritz

Comment by stargazer05766:
Outstanding.. Just terrific!!!!!!!!

You did a nice job editing..

ps. Made me laugh your comment on the bottle on the sill.
Shouldn't put the adobe house in the challenge (don't think anyone was interested) except me.. So thank you for your thougthfullness..

Day 22
by jmritz

Comment by annig:
nice one! I love when the bees go up inside these buds. But I find it's hard to get the lighting right.