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Forget-me-not, Despite My Changing Outfit! A Tribute to the International Fascination of Plants Day (May 18th 2013)

By Artborghi @artborghi

I shot some pattern pictures out on Swiss fields during these (rainy) days, my favorite being this intense blue forget-me-not flowers (click it to download a full version).In this wide-angle view there is only one flower on focus, can you find it? artborghi - forget me not small

What I love in this view are the flower stages of development: a kind of same-same but different. From purple to blue-and-yellow to blue-and-white, as summarized in the table below. This change is due to a pH shift in the cells of petals.

artborghi - forget me not - stages of development

Do you wanna learn more on plants? Enjoy one of the several initiatives organized for the International Fascination of Plants Day (May 18th 2013)


Filed under: photography of green Tagged: forget-me-not changin, International Fascination of Plants Day (May 18th 2013), International Fascination of Plants Day Switzerland

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