Freesia in the Morning

It rained hard over night. The kids were up early, and the sun came out bright through the clouds. Before we drove the kids to school, I was out photographing this freesia. Once again, a world in a flower. In this photo, you can clearly see the “flight path”–markings intended to direct dazed or not-so-bright insects into pollen central.

I didn’t know that freesias belonged to the iris family, did you?

Freesia 1

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Freesia 2

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One Response to “Freesia in the Morning”

  1. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » Sunrise in the Freesia Forest Says:

    [...] ursts. This is one I really think worth opening in a larger size. Also very different from my earlier Freesia series! Although I do seem to photograph this Iris relative first thing in the morni [...]

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