Egyptian star flower

I posted an image of this species before, but only in B&W — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-02-11 — here it is in color. The flowers also come in magenta, lilac & white.

As much as I would like to say I captured the detail of the flowers with my expensive macro lens, the truth is that this was taken with a Nikon point-and-shoot camera with macro mode enabled…

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

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

1 year ago (“Let me double-check the calendar…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-24
2 years ago (“Life unfurls II”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-24
3 years ago (“Orange Möbius”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-24

[Rick Schies]

Regardless how you took its photo, you captured some nice detail

[Danette Thompson]

Great detail, though! We have pentas in the front yard. There are actually many colors!

[Dawn Ulmer]

I agree, no matter what you used to get this photo, it worked beautifully!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Love your flower shots, especially this one. and this was taken with a point and shoot, I'm impressed.

[Lisa Pouncy]

So unusual. Love the colour. My little P&S was always brilliant for macro shooting xx

[Tara]

Another beauty.