Pregnant onion, ‘in living color’

I have posted an image of a plant from this species, “Ornithogalum longibracteatum” — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-02-17 — but that image was B&W and no flowers were open. Some of the flowers are now beginning to open!

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

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

1 year ago (“Dinner at Raymond & Jeanne’s…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-04-07
2 years ago (“Easter vigil: candle bokeh…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-07
3 years ago (“No ‘tip-toeing’ necessary!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-07

[Tara]

Awesome Thom! I've never seen this before. So pretty and great pov. I love that you got the blooms at the bottom in focus.

[Danette Thompson]

Beautiful colors and composition.

[Rick Schies]

I like the close crisp details, very nice Thom