"I'll be back" Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The life cycle of the gardenia flower:
it starts in early spring as a flower bud, prior to opening. Then the flower fully opens with expanded petals. It then changes to become a senescent flower that is discoloured to pale yellow and then the first necrotic spots in the petals are visible.
Then it’s gone until next year. (Adapted from researchgate.net)

[Renee Salamon]

lovely triptych

[winghong_ho]

Great triptych.

[Cordiander]

Exactly like us. Unfortunately we won't be coming back...

[Mags]

A beautiful collage of three!

[Steve Chappell]

Great collage

[Casablanca]

Nice to see the stages

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great collage of its circle of life!

[Call me Joe]

👌❤️👌

[Bucktree]

Great collage, story and title.

[Agnes]

This collage is so beautiful

[Diana]

Fabulous triptych, they are such gorgeous blooms!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Perfect title for this wonderful presentation

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely triptych of the changing stages Gardenia

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful looking collage for comparison.

[Beverley]

Great explanation- fab shot

[Kathy]

Still beautiful in its later ages.

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely stages captured in your triptych.

[carol white]

A super triptych

[KoalaGardens🐨]

great trio to highlight the stages

[Carole Sandford]

Nice progression of its life cycle.

[Linda Godwin]

never lasting long enough, nice grouping

[Bill Davidson]

Super triptych.

[Babs]

Lovely triptych of the different stages.

[Judith Johnson]

Very nicely depicted

[Kate]

Nice triptych. The white flower stage is just too short in my opinion.

[Ian George]

Interesting progression.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Phil Howcroft]

cool triptych John

[Delwyn Barnett]

A nice series.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great progression shots. My dear friend Judy loves Gardenias. She's even got a small Gardenia tree growing in her sun room!

[Kathy A]

My gardenia bushes have flowers in all 3 stages on them

[Rick]

Nice shots of the cycle. I love the smell of those.

[Valerie Chesney]

Well presented & photographed!
Love the different stages,,

[Boxplayer]

Very informative!

[Maxine Lathbury]

Very good

[haskar]

Great triptych.

[Shutterbug]

But the beautiful scent usually lingers. Love your series.

[Diane]

Nice triptych. I think there is beauty in each stage.

[Jerzy]

Nice work. So these were taken at different stages of the season and you saved them?

[PhotoCrazy]

Nicely done!

[Olwynne]

Great shots and apt title

[CC Folk]

Nice collage! My mom's favorite flower was the gardenia. We have several bushes in our yard. Love them too.

[Michelle]

Lovely capture of this beautiful flowers cycle

[Krista Marson]

And they smell so nice

[John Falconer]

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Thanks for the much appreciated comments. Thanks again. The perfect white bloom was taken a few weeks ago. The older flowers were taken on the same day last week. I tried to get the same sized flower!

[Vesna]

Super triptych.