Monday, December 29, 2008

Dissection of a Christmas Cactus Bloom

I was a bit bored this afternoon and my Christmas Cactus is in full bloom so I thought it was time for some photos...

Christmas Cactus bloom

Pistil with Stamen loaded with pollen grains.

Different view of the Pistil


Petals...I noticed they look like they have streaks of silver in them.

The Rim, I loved the pinkish/red line on the rim.

Closer view of the Stamen and Pollen granule's.
Well that is my photo dissection of a Christmas Cactus. My patience ran out, lol...

I was actually attempting photos of birds today as it was beautiful outside but as I was patiently sitting and waiting for the birds to come into the feeders an American Kestrel (sparrow hawk) kept flying by and the song birds were having none of that...Can't say as I blame them...So I moved inside for photos!





4 comments:

Heather Landry said...

Oh my goodness what amazing photos!!! It's so cool to see how beautiful things are up close. Thanks for welcoming me to the photo challenge. =0)

Anonymous said...

Wow, you are becoming the macro queen of south Texas. These are wonderful and the detail is amazing!

Kelly said...

pretty pictures Wendy!!!!

Helen said...

Bored? What's that? LOL. The third and fourth photo are incredible. New Year's Eve here...have a good one my friend.