“Seeing stars”

Hoya carnosa (family Apocynaceae) again. This time I was struck by the star shapes on the undersides of the flowers, the stems looking like “spokes” and the texture of the petals (magnify to see this). This is how the umbel appears naturally, hanging down like this. Must ask Dan what purpose or function this serves...

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Hoya_carnosa&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

One year ago (“Happy Birthday, Clare!!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-09
Two years ago (oddly enough, also “Happy Birthday, Clare!!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-09

I did make another cake … with Clare’s mom’s recipe for [home-made] buttercream frosting. Yum. (I win, too!)

[Peter Dulis]

Love this flower ... absolutely beautiful

[Danette Thompson]

How pretty!

[Myrna O'Hara]

I would have never thought to look at the underside of these. Special shot.

[Tara]

Cool pov Thom. So pretty and great focus.

[Rick Schies]

Sometimes we need to stand on our head to see the special things. Neat capture.

[Frank Hymus]

How cool is that PoV and final result. Nice.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Beautiful, like a little upside down umbrella xx