“Pink pollen!”

A wildflower in the woods next to the greenhouse. The common name is “Spring beauty” (Claytonia virginica, from the family Montiaceae)

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Claytonia%20_virginica&rank=binomial

One year ago (“Liquid Torso”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-16
Two years ago (“Rolling, rolling, rolling …”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-16

[Ellen E]

beautiful soft light

[Laurie]

OMG! Well, wait...first of all this is a beautiful shot! The pink pollen is what drew me in, buuuuttt, I LOVE the idea of the flashbacks!!! Hopefully I will be here long enough to steal that idea if you don't mind!! :)

[Laurie]

Fav!

[Rick Schies]

Those light touches of purple throughout the petals are gorgeous.

[dave bennett]

beautiful

[Thom Mitchell]

@luvmynynix Please steal! While it may be shameless self-promotion in part, I have appreciated the practice — and so continue it — because it shows me many times how I have “grown” as a photographer. Well, at least I’d like to think so!