Stinking Iris Berries

Delicious colour in the berries and a lovely capture with nice bokeh Keith, Not keeping a few seeds was probably a good plan ;-)

Excellent how you show these fruits...

They are so captivating that they have to repel malicious attacks..
It's suspended!
Fantastic capture, Keith
Thanks for the information, too

A fantastic close-up, Keith ! Beautiful colors and a very nice soft green background !

Superbes couleurs!!*

ROFLMAO!!! You have me literally laughing out loud, Keith! Hilarious title and description!! :D Aw, come on...be a little adventurous! You know you want the smell of zombie in your yard! :D :D Honestly, it would be an honor to have a Corpse Flower blooming for me but ok...I don't know if I could handle the stink but wow...https://www.google.com/search?q=corpse+flower&sxsrf=ALeKk02YZdQczh0QHMMZZNjcfxdYVm4cLQ:1605456823895&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis0MLd-ITtAhVMJzQIHUluD6AQ_AUoAXoECC4QAw&biw=2043&bih=1008
As for other stinky flowers, we have a bush that grows in our area called buckbrush which flowers with an overwhelming, cloying stench, the smell of decaying old-lady's perfume. BLECH! I've rid the property of every one that I can get to, though our hillside still hosts at least several acres of them. Stinky flowers indeed.

I LOVE your picture though! What gorgeous berries!!! And how they are bursting through the pod, it's just dynomite! :D A veritable berry explosion! :D Outstanding!

P.S. I posted one of my ivy pictures! I hope you don't mind blushing... :)

Thanks Janet. I seen one of those Corpse Flowers, they have a couple in the Eden Project in Cornwall and I can confirm that they smell truly disgusting..!!

Yes indeed, I prefer the aroma from muck spreading to these. It a very striking image Keith, they say anything beautiful in nature and is red has an element of danger about it.

glorious red !

I haven't heard of this one either Keith. It makes up for its unfortunate name now though, with the beautiful red berries, and on the green background looks very Christmassy. I have just come in from a walk and two houses in the village have their Christmas lights around their houses and gardens. It did look rather cheery :-))

what a magnific red!
well done Keith
Happy new week:)

Nicely done!

An excellent capture with strong complementary colours.

The seeds look very attractive, especially on the green background! The stinking must be very attractive to insects.
I once saw a flowering titan arum (the largest flower in the world) in our botanical gardens, the rotting meat smell was so overpowering that I had to put all clothes straight into the washing machine;-)

I've seen (and smelled) one of those in the Eden Centre, Cornwall and know exactly what you mean Gudrun.

Superb close-up; razor-sharp details and beautiful bright and vivid colours Keith.
Healthy week ahead.

Hahaha...never heard of that one. Beautiful shot Keith

wonderful color and details!

Thanks very much everyone............I'm pleased you like this one.

It's the leaves that smell, especially if they are crushed, Keith. Just as well you didn't save the seeds of the Iris foetidissima. It can really take a hold in dry shady conditions where not much else will grow.

Thanks Amelia..............good advice...........which by pure luck, I seemed to have followed before you gave it to me :-))

Awesome capture

Thank you so much :-)

A wonderful capture! I love these berries. We have them in the garden and I have not noticed a bad smell the iris is extremely beautiful and delicate too. The birds brought them to my pond anD I don’t regret it.
This would fit in with one of the challenges we are running and I think you’d like the macro group . I’ll invite you Keith and you can think about joining us, we’d be very pleased.

Thanks for you kind comments Jan. Much appreciated.

I'm flattered to be asked to join the group.........but I have to decline I'm afraid. I try and avoid challenges etc and besides that I barely have time to keep up with my contacts and the groups I'm already in..........sorry, but thanks for asking :-)

Sehr schöner Farbkontrast! Ein Blickfänger!