Snakes head fritilliaria

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Beautiful against the black background!

[Lynne Hart]

Gorgeous, ours are nowhere near ready to flower yet.

[Jax]

lovely flowers, I like the pattern on the petals

[Sheralee S]

It's too pretty to be real, so unusual.

[sally agnew]

Wow, how unusual are these with a chequered pattern Jo . Fav :)

[Maggiemae]

Another brilliant flower shot and I do like this particular flower! What is it? fav

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

@lhart this is in a pot in the garden a new aquisition from the garden centre a few days ago, so far so good.

[Jill]

It's beautiful

[John W. Cundiff]

Very nice lighting.

[Debi 🐩]

Lovely flowers and nice composition

[Margo]

This is lovely

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

@maggiemae Thank you Maggiemae, It is a Fritillaria Meleagris more common name snakes head fritillaria

[tony gig]

Beautiful flowers and shot Jo....Fav

[Montez Sattman]

What a cool patterned flower! Great shot :)

[Maurisa]

What a lovely pattern on these flowers. Very unusual. Beautiful shot.

[Lois]

Love this flower!

[Julienne Jones]

Sometimes called Plovers Egg because of the markings. Lovely shot

[Paula W]

Lovely shot of these pretty little flowers.

[Sharon]

Lovely capture, interesting colour

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

@sharrystar Thanks Sharon, they range from pinkish-purple to like this one deep purple.

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot

[gloria jones]

Lovely capture, textures, colors, comp

[Ann T.]

I love the pattern on the petals. Beautiful!

[Judith Johnson]

Beautiful, where did you find them?

[Jenn Gillis]

Beautiful flower pattern!

[Milanie]

What an unusual patterning in the petals. Beautiful shot.

[Kathie]

Love the detail and DOF

[wendy frost]

Wonderful capture.Fav.

[Patricia McPhail]

So beautiful! They look like little dancers!

[Sue Wilde]

What gorgeous blooms

[Susan C Clow]

Quite a different plant. Lovely color and love the snake skin like pattern on the petals. FAV

[Kathy]

I've never seen or heard of this plant before. Very unusual. This is a great image of the blooms.

[Elizabeth]

Wow! Such a different looking patterned blossom!

[👑 AnaZad]

Beautiful and unusual flowers, they really look great against the black background.

[Call me Joe]

Favulous!

[Sally Ings]

A very unusual looking flower, beautifully captured

[Shepherdman's Wife]

How wonderful. I haven't seen any of these yet.

[Gosia]

Very interesting flowers.

[Joan Morvinson]

Lovely shot. My favourite flower. Looking forward to photographing ours. You have given a model to aim for

[Issi Bannerman]

Love these flowers. So nice on a black background.

[Carol Wiseman]

One of my favourite flowers. Mine won't be in flower for weeks yet. The dark vackground realky brings out their colour and pattern.

[Pam]

I have never seen one of these. The pattern on the petals is fascinating!

[redfuchsia555]

One of my favourite flowers, great photo

[Francoise]

lovely. has a nursery-rhyme feel to it (not sure why)

[Linda]

What a neat looking flower! Lovely color and detail!

[Kim]

Wonderful! I've never seen this flower before, it's so unusual.

[Anna]

Very lovely and unique flower, and you've captured it well!

[Rita]

I love fritillaria waiting eagerly for them to be out in a pal's patch.

[Sam]

WOW these are very interesting! FAV

[Anita Russell]

Great against the black