Tuesday, January 18, 2011

One More

The contrast of the aging red poinsettia and the budding yellow orchid, the snowy background, all captured my fancy and I just had to take more shots. 

 There are two blooms now. I find the colour pattern of a patch of white in the centre very striking.

8 comments:

MadSnapper said...

i love the words, aged poinsetta. perfect contrast with the snow and yellow orchid. it is goregous, keep snapping

Sunny said...

Beautiful against the snow.
Stay warm!
☼ Sunny

Arkansas Patti said...

I really really like that first shot. Just perfect.

Dee said...

I also like the contrast with the snow. :)

George said...

I'm glad you couldn't resist taking more photos. The contrast of the snow, poinsettia and orchid is beautiful.

Katherine said...

lovely!

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hi There, The contrast in that first picture is amazing.... The snow looks so COLD and the flowers make me feel WARM.... Beautiful orchid...

Hugs,
Betsy

christine said...

lovely contrast between flowers and snow. I'm just back from Malta, check out the photo of the poinsettias as they grow in gardens over there on my blog http://cadugdale.blogspot.com :-)