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An intimate look inside a backlit iris in my garden, the way a pollinator would see it as it comes in for the landing.
A small miracle of natural "architecture", the iris flower starts out as a compact lance and slowly unfurls into a complex three-pronged pavilion, with entrance ways lined with a strip of pollen-bearing stamens and equipped with an upper lip that ensures the pollinating insects must rub on the stamen to gain entry to the nectar chamber. This delicate inner structure is protected by outer petals that curl upwards and towards each other to form a sort of graceful "roof". No architect could wish for a more elegant yet effective design!
P.S. I added a PIP to show the complete structure of the flower. To the right of the full blown flower, a second one was still tightly furled into a lance-like shape (it is already half unfurled today, less than two days later).
A small miracle of natural "architecture", the iris flower starts out as a compact lance and slowly unfurls into a complex three-pronged pavilion, with entrance ways lined with a strip of pollen-bearing stamens and equipped with an upper lip that ensures the pollinating insects must rub on the stamen to gain entry to the nectar chamber. This delicate inner structure is protected by outer petals that curl upwards and towards each other to form a sort of graceful "roof". No architect could wish for a more elegant yet effective design!
P.S. I added a PIP to show the complete structure of the flower. To the right of the full blown flower, a second one was still tightly furled into a lance-like shape (it is already half unfurled today, less than two days later).
Wilfried, Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon, Nouchetdu38, and 37 other people have particularly liked this photo
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Merci pour ce superbe partage bien informé.
Bonne soirée salutaire.
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Annalia S. club has replied to ColRamAnnalia S. club has replied to @ngélique ❤️ clubAnnalia S. club has replied to cammino clubFabulous, Annalia!
Annalia S. club has replied to J.Garcia clubAnnalia S. club has replied to ROL/Photo clubAnnalia S. club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen clubAnnalia S. club has replied to HappySnapperAnnalia S. club has replied to Xata clubAnd you are right: what an incredible and ingenious construction!
A very nice picture, which I like very much!
Great purple colours!!!
Best Wishes, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter
Nice to have the full image in the PiP too.
Well captured.
Have a lovely weekend
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