“Interior design”

On the way out to the lake, I noticed the “S-shape” of this flower stalk on the side of the road. On the way home, I stopped and shot a few frames. (Still no point-and-shoot to take in the boat with me.) While initially interested in how this stalk embodies the bend-but-don’t-break idea, I’m now more fascinated by the pattern “painted” on the inside of the flowers.

I didn’t know what kind of flower this is, so after an initial attempt with a “flower identification” web site, I just googled “pink bell-shaped flower” and immediately found “digitalis”- a genus of approximately 20 species known as “foxgloves.” Here we have, I believe, “common foxglove.”

Update (May, 2014): Now that I have access to better resources, I'm thinking this probably Digitalis purpurea; species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Digitalis_purpurea&rank=binomial

Confirmed February 2016, “Digitalis purpurea.”

A year ago (“‘Single’ peony”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-08

[Heidi]

Beautiful splatterings of dark pink inside. The angle on this is perfect to catch the pattern and the heaviness of the flowers. Nicely done.

[Karen Sylvia]

Well done! I keep meaning to plant some of these in my yard.

[Janet Shaffer]

The thumbnail did not do this shot justice. Love the inside of the flowers!

[Rick Schies]

A stop well worth the while Thom. Nice job.

[Caryn]

I love that coloring in the middle! Neat find!

[Ann Stenson]

Just wonderful Thom!! : )

[Myrna O'Hara]

Lovely catch, I love this kind of flower. The insides are so cool.

[Joyce Wells]

Beautiful shot, Thom! I've never seen foxglove before, although I take an rx from its namesake "digitatlis". I have an irregular heartbeat, so I've been on "digoxin" - the synthetic form of digitalis for a long time. Nice to know that its associated with such a beautiful flower!