Before it opens… by rhoing

Before it opens…

This is a bleeding heart vine flower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae, family Lamiaceae) emerging from inside white bracts. See an opened flower, http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-05-03

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

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

One year ago (“Fowl weather”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-09
Two years ago (“Mother’s Day tulips”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-09
Nice. I didn't realize they came in white as well.
May 11th, 2013  
Pretty!
May 11th, 2013  
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