Strilizia

or bird of paradise. Although most of them are past their prime, I stlil found a lovely one
.
We returned home late last night after a long drive home. Both Katja and I have flu symptoms and are not feeling well. I hope that is all we have.

[Cordiander]

Wow, a miracle of nature!

[moni kozi]

Whoa! What a beauty! I received one as a gift last year. I am looking forward to its blooming!
Take care and get back on your feet!

[Babs]

Beautiful. Sorry to hear you have arrived home with flu symptoms. Hope you feel better soon

[Lesley]

Isn’t that just stunning!

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Peter]

Beautifully captured standing out proud against that lovely bokeh background, Fav:)

[Susan Wakely]

A beautiful flower.
Hope that you are both ok.

[JackieR]

Oh dear, seems this flu bug is doing the rounds! Hope you rest and recover quickly

[Suzanne]

Wonderful flower beautifully photographed.

Hope you recover quickly

[katy]

This one is absolutely gorgeous! Lots of people are getting sick right now, so I hope it’s nothing serious for you and your daughter

[Brian]

Wonderful choice of POV. 🙏get well you two

[Steve Chappell]

Wow, such a colorful flower, very cool

[winghong_ho]

Wonderful shot. This flower is so special and beautiful.

[John Falconer]

Fabulous capture. I’ve failed a few times trying to get a decent photo of this flower. You’ve nailed it.

[Cordiander]

Wishing you to get well soon!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Lovely photo, I am so sorry you're not feeling well

[Bill]

Beautiful.

[Mags]

Beautiful! Take care of yourself.

[gloria jones]

How exotic and lovely. Rest and take care of yourself.

[KWind]

So pretty! I love all the colours! Great focus too.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful.

[Kitty Hawke]

Such a very interesting and lovely flower.

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh yes that's quite perfect

[Dawn]

Lovely shot ours is doing well

[Korcsog Károly]

Beautiful shot of this flower!

[Michelle]

Beautiful - I hope you both soon feel better

[Olwynne]

Beautiful flower, beautifully captured

[Beverley]

This is a stunning capture! there in abundance in the Greek islands.
I wish you better! Rest & sleep

[haskar]

Pretty flower.

[Carole Sandford]

Love these flowers! Hope you both feel better soon!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely

[Heather]

A stunning capture of this beauty, Diana! Great focus, brilliant colours, and a lovely shallow dof! Fav! (I hope you and Katja are feeling better soon. Take care, both of you! xx)

[Junan Heath]

Gorgeous shot!

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this beautiful flower.

[Annie D]

The colours are gorgeous....hope you're feeling better and it's just a cold.

[Julie Ryan]

It does look like a bird

[Shutterbug]

Spectacular capture of this beautiful plant.

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

As soon as I saw this, knew it hit the TP because everyone seems to love these. Gotta say.....I sure do love seeing them, well done!

[Jen]

Lovely!

[LManning (Laura)]

Gorgeous flower. They are my mother’s favourite.
Hope you feel better soon!

[Chris]

Lovely. Shows the flower in full glory

[amyK]

Wonderful clarity; take care!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot- sure looks like what it's named after here. I'll be praying that you and Katja just have a "24 Hour" bug and nothing more.

[Diana]

@cordulaamann @monikozi @onewing @tinley23 @joansmor @pcoulson @wakelys @30pics4jackiesdiamond @ankers70 @grammyn @briaan @swchappell @wh2021 @johnfalconer @cordulaamann @365projectorgchristine @cwbill @marlboromaam @seattlite @kwind @mittens @cutekitty @pdulis @koalagardens @Dawn @kork @bigmxx @ollyfran @beverley365 @haskar @carole_sandford @elisasaeter @365projectorgheatherb @paintdipper @pyrrhula @annied @julie @shutterbug49 @ggshearron @jnewbio @ljmanning @kipper1951 @amyk @olivetreeann Thanks for the wonderful comments and wishes. I suppose it comes from running around in temperatures in the 40s C and then driving long distances in a car where the air conditioner is blowing 22degrees ;-)

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Joy's Focus]

Stunning colors! I hope you feel better soon. I was down during the holidays with some kind of mutant flu.

[Kathy A]

Gorgeous plant. I hope you both feel better soon

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture

[Judith Johnson]

A stunning capture of this beautiful flower. Get well soon!

[Islandgirl]

Oh this is a cool bloom!
I hope that is all you have, I just got over covid, not fun!

[Rick]

Beautiful flower and capture.. Yeah, hope it's just a mild case of the flu and not something else.

[Diana]

@photographycrazy @joysfocus @kjarn @ziggy77 @busylady @radiogirl @rickster549 Thanks for the comments and good wishes, fortunately the covid test was negative :-)

[Josie Gilbert]

Beautiful close up.