Schlumbergera

[Magnify] for more detail if you have the time!
Probably still the same species as a few days ago — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-11-08 — Schlumbergera truncata (Thanksgiving cactus), but I couldn’t resist the temptation to get a close-up of the open flower.

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

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

One year ago (“Sunset on Cedar Lake”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-13
Two years ago (“Rowing shells!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-11-13
This sure hasn’t been a good year for much lake rowing…

[Judith]

Lovely shot.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

The detail and all the different color tones in this are amazing!

[Thom Mitchell]

@daisyjuds @espyetta Thank you, both! I really, really like my macro lens! If I were "really" serious, though, I'd take a tripod to the greenhouse…

[Jean Tookey]

I like the angle from which you have taken this shot. It highlights the beauty of the flower.

[Rick Schies]

Very nice, and that color is a bit different