butterfly plant

Like the tulip orchid this butterfly plant was given to us by Jinks' lovely dogsitter.

It has a long posh name which I learnt but have now forgotten.

I like the touches of purple on the butterfly leaves.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful colours on the leaves. Great shot.

[Hazel]

Thank you, Arthur @wordpixman for explaining the bold function so clearly to me!

[Babs]

I've never heard of a butterfly plant before. Delightful and just your colour too.

[Dawn]

Beautiful

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

I love these plants. We have a lot of them here in Cornwall. There is one on our kitchen windowsill that has been with us for about 15 years.

[wendy frost]

An unusual and wonderful plant to have. I love its leaves and purple flowers Fav.

[Jenfurj]

Lovely soft feel and the flowers are like they are shy turning away.

[Denise Wood]

Very pretty :)

[Peter]

Pretty little soft purple flowers beautifully captured in lovely detail and colour Hazel:)

[Hazel]

@swillinbillyflynn

We saw some in the Eden project in the summer.

[Jacquie]

Never heard it called a butterfly plant before. I think it's Oxalis triangularis. It's as tough as old boots and impossible to kill - not that you'd want to.
This site says that it's toxic to dogs and cats http://www.ourhouseplants.com/plants/purple-shamrock but that it tastes too nasty for them to go back for seconds!

[Merrelyn]

It looks lovely, the leaves do look like little butterflies :)

[Gillian Brown]

Lovely.

[Joyce]

So pretty Hazel

[Phil Howcroft]

very subtle tones haze, nicely presented too

[Hazel]

@jqf

Yes, that's it, thanks. I guess it's called a butterfly plant by some folk just because of the shape of the leaves!

[Bep]

I know this plant as a kind of shamrock. Lots of them are growing in my daughter's garden and between the bricks of the garden paths.

[Cathie]

So pretty.

[Kas]

I really like your angle and composition here Hazel - what a lovely plant. The dark tones with the lighter flowers and light background really works well. :)