The most beautiful flower.. by maggiemae

The most beautiful flower..

known as...'the fried egg plant'! Who named this? We have this fairly well established plant with tons of flowers at this time. Its botanical name is polyspora axillaris. I took this with my iPhone and on downloading it saw the blue in the background. Putting my outside shoes on again for the 3rd time, I went out looking for the blue plant. Nowhere to be found then realised that the angle I took this was high and that was blue sky!

My good thing: Another brilliant Belinda Alexander book - r. Wild Lavender. 1920's in Paris.
Quite beautiful!
July 22nd, 2023  
terrific colours.
July 22nd, 2023  
Such a delightful capture and lovely colours.
July 22nd, 2023  
I can see why it is called the fried egg plant. That is the first thing I thought of when I saw this
July 22nd, 2023  
Lovely
July 22nd, 2023  
Lovely
July 22nd, 2023  
what a fabulous plant
July 22nd, 2023  
Fascinating. fav
July 22nd, 2023  
Beautiful!
July 22nd, 2023  
What a lovely flower and oh that name! Well the blue is actually quite beautiful.
July 22nd, 2023  
I totally love eggs and I love this plant too!
July 22nd, 2023  
Nice colour and DoF
July 22nd, 2023  
I like the little pop of blue “Flower”. Someone else just recently posted a photo of a flower that looks like fried eggs and now I have to go back and see if it’s the same thing as the one you are showing here. Terrific capture of it as it begins to open.
July 22nd, 2023  
Such a lovely flower, and they DO look like fried eggs when open! As for your book, a 1920s setting in Paris would make for a marvelous read!
July 22nd, 2023  
Cool flower and funny story
July 22nd, 2023  
Very nicely taken.
July 22nd, 2023  
Neat details
July 22nd, 2023  
@onewing It would have to be fried and not poached, Babs. Not the same look if poached.
July 22nd, 2023  
@grammyn I went back to see - tags (fried egg) and found one but it was a white poppy!
July 22nd, 2023  
@Weezilou Its 5 - 600 pages, Louise but that's ok with me - lasts longer!
July 22nd, 2023  
That is the one I was thinking of! How funny that it has some little blue flowers in it also!
July 23rd, 2023  
Good association with a fried egg. Lovely shot and narrative.
July 23rd, 2023  
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