Cranberry Blossoms

Our photo club went back out to the bog today to take more shots for our guide book project. It was a great day for a photo walk but boy was I sore by the end of it!

These tiny little blossoms belong to the Bog Cranberry and eventually the berries will appear after the flowers have disappeared (I actually did find one cranberry). The fun thing about this shot is you can see how the plant got its name. They were originally called "craneberries" because the little flower resembles a crane (take a close look at the center flower). That name got shortened to cranberry which the name it is known by today. The only thing this picture does not do is show how tiny they really are!

[FBailey]

I have never seen a cranberry blossom before - you learn such a lot of information on this site!

[Pyrrhula]

Never seen those. Granberries grows on one place only in our country, The island Terschelling.
The story tells that a barrel of it was wash ashore after a shipwreck and start to grow.

[Mave]

Lots of interesting information on 365. Good shot

[Peter Dulis]

lovely ...

[Suzie Townsend]

Beautiful blossoms. Hope you are feeling rested now.

[Milanie]

Don't think I've ever seen these before. Quite pretty.

[katy]

So pretty and something I had never thought about before

[Marnie]

Oh gosh, I've never seen cranberries except in dried form. How interesting.

[Kathy]

How fascinating. Looks like maybe one could see the start of the fruit above where the white petals are.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[Kathy A]

Aren't they pretty

[Sarah Bremner]

Just lovely to see..... I've not thought about their blossom before.....but love the taste they add. Thanks for a new thought!😄

[Wyomingsister]

Very wonderful to see! Love the info with the photo!

[Rob Z]

Well - that is very interesting! And those little flowers do have such a different shape - lovely!

[Dione Giorgio]

Very pretty capture and flowers. Thanks for the info - very interesting.

[Henri Russell]

Interesting. I've never seen cranberries growing.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful and I love the colors.

[wendy frost]

Pretty little flowers and capture thank you for the interesting information.

[Rick Schies]

Very nice. I didn't realize you had cranberry bogs in the area

[Islandgirl]

Great info and love the cranberry blooms!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

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Thank you so much for all those views and comments! I have had a really busy week with different projects and preparing for our upcoming trip to see our son & his family in Kentucky. Time for bed now, but I'll be back tomorrow.