Sunday, November 7, 2010

TODAY'S FLOWERS & MY WORLD ~ Wonders of the Desert


Thank you to Luiz Santilli JR. for having me as guest friend
today, I do hope you enjoy my selection of the wonderful
array of desert blooms that appeared like magic after the
great rains we had in September.

Forgive me for not visiting your entries straight away since
I will have no internet access for at least 24 hours.

Please leave me a comment, I do enjoy reading them so very much
as well as welcoming you to my blog.



Sturt Desert Peas, Swainsonia formosa, South Australia's
State flower.


This is one single plant, they grow outward from the centre
and can make a ring more than 6' wide.


These pink and purple tiny pea flowers are of the same genus,
Swainsonia, as the Large red or multi coloured Sturt Pea, the
flowers of which can be up to 3" long.



Could any garden architect rival this garden of God's creation?


The whole desert was awash with beauty so incredible that
we could just stand and stare at all these wonders.


This is a pink version without the distinctive black eye.


Even the fading glory is a wonder to behold.


We even found some of these bi-colour blooms although they
and the pink version were quite rare.


To give you a different angle, here is a a shot from above.



Normally there are six blooms per cluster but a few had
groups of five.

I am still overwhelmed by the whole experience of meeting all
this wonder in its natural surroundings.

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56 comments:

  1. Hi Arija, molto belli questi fiori rossi... sembrano da lontano tanti soldatini pronti alla guerra !
    Buona domenica :)
    Myriam

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  2. Hi Arija
    Wonderful post, my friend.
    Thanks for your support!

    Luiz

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  3. Arija, Thank you for sharing such beauty.. to walk through a carpet of color like this must be overwhelming.

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  4. Congratulations on being the guest of the week.
    I really like the photos of Swainsonia formosa .
    Have a happy day!

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  5. A garden of beauty designed by the Master Designer.These are gorgeous.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  6. Very different flowers. I liked them. Congratulations.

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  7. OMG!!! I have never seen anything like the red flowers---they are stunning! How beautiful can the desert be when it blooms...yes???

    XXOO~~♥
    Anne

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  8. Hi Arija, these desert blooms are so beautiful! I've never seen anything like these! Right after this I'll be checking out my big fat Wild Australia book. Flora and fauna from your country is fascinating! I gasped when the pictures started to load. Spectacular images! Thanks for posting them.

    Have a great week!

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  9. Whoa! What unique flowers you have here. Amazing! Haven't seen all of them before. They're so beautiful! Loved the red and black combination.
    Thank you for sharing.

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  10. It looks like the ground is bursting with pretty wildflowers.

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  11. Qflores maravilhosas! Que cores vibrantes! A natureza é muito generosa, e suas fotos são lindas! Parabéns!

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  12. Love your exotic flowers, I have never seen anything like that before. Very interesting! :)

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  13. Your pictures are MAGIC, Arija! I never saw flowers as wonderful as those! Thank you so much for sharing!
    Have a nice week ahead!

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  14. Wow, what an amazing sequence of unusual and beautiful flowers. The red ones here that are also on the homepage of today's flowers with their dark circle isn't like anything I've ever seen. Great choices of beautiful flowers from your part of the world.

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  15. So those are dessert flowers? Wow. They are lovely!

    The pictures are beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.. =)

    Here's my entry. Hope you could visit, too.
    http://neneleah30.blogspot.com/2010/11/hibiscus.html

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  16. What fascinating flowers! I've never one like that before! They're lovely! And so are your photos, as always, Arija! Have a lovely week!

    Sylvia

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  17. What an interesting and unusual (for me as an American) national flower you have. I love how they look among the purple in the field. Gorgeous.

    http://thepaganeye.blogspot.com/2010/11/todays-flowers-and-straight-out-of.html

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  18. Wow! What beauty! I had seen picturesof Sturt's Desert Pea, but never such profusion of flowers. Thanks for sharing.

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  19. Those are the most amazing desert blooms I've ever seen. Love the deep colors and contrasts.

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  20. Those are some of the neatest flowers I've ever seen! I love seeing flowers from all over that I wouldn't see otherwise!

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  21. Hi Arija. What a fascinating flower.I have never saw them before. I can see why it is south Australia's state flower. It is so beautiful and the spread is so large. I love the picture where they are spread out across the ground. What a beautiful display they make.

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  22. no wonder why it's called a State flower....gosh! it's gorgeous...I haven't seen that kind of flower before...thanks for sharing....:)

    mine is up as well!

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  23. Fascinating and gorgeous !!Thanks so much

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  24. Arija, your flowers are so wild and beautiful! And you're right. Nothing can rival God's natural garden. It is truly a gift!

    Congratulations! And I hope you have internet connection soon so you can finally enter all your comments.

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  25. Wow Arija, what garden delights indeed, these are splendid and brilliant coloured posies~

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  26. Oh, Arija....these desert blooms are so lovely! I too live in the desert and when it is Spring here the wildflowers that appear everywhere are just breathtaking,but I have never seen any more beautiful than these! Thank you so much for sharing!
    Elaine :)

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  27. Hallo´,

    tolle Bilder die du machst. Solche Blumen habe ich noch nie gesehen. Dannke für Deine "Augen"

    Gruß Micha

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  28. The Sturt desert pea is such a delightful flower! Strong, dramatic colours! Enjoyed seeing this range of flowers in the wild! Stunning photos!

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  29. These flowers are so beautyfull, I can`t believe they bloom in the dessert.
    To watch this must be a stunning experience...
    Thanks for sharing

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  30. Oh, such delightful, delicate colorful flowers. What a joy. Love those pea flowers especially.

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  31. Hi Arija
    These are such unusual flowers. Lovely.

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  32. Wow, I've never seen such flowers before! They're so lovely and colorful, truly wonders of the desert.

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  33. Oh Arija, these desert flowers are so precious. I have never seen any of these grown here. The desert peas are very unique!

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  34. These are exquisitely beautiful. Would that we had something so brilliant as a wildflower here. Fabulous.

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  35. Amazing beautiful sturt desert peas! *like*

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  36. Those are incredible!! I have never seen anything like them! They are all so colourful!

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  37. the Sturt desert peas look unusual and stunning! the vivid red and black combination is fantastic.

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  38. I really amaze with these flowers - the two black spots are like their eyes!
    Very unique :)

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  39. Such incredible beauty blooming in the desert. Your photos are supurb.

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  40. It sure is red around here! Hey, they look like gnomes in red capes or the ground looks like it is filled with carnival revelers. These are very exotic flowers. I would like to have a field filled with their blooms!

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  41. Amazing photos. Thanks for sharing these.

    All the best, Boonie

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  42. those pictures are gorgeous, and those flowers are awesome! wow!

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  43. Wow! What an unusual flower. Very interesting.

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  44. Arija, the Desert Peas are among the most amazing blooms I've ever seen. I agree with you about "nature's garden"--similarly I was always taken by the command in Deuteronomy to build the altar of unhewn stone: nature is sacred.

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  45. Lovely flowers. I´m looking out the window right now and watch the snow falling.I love it. Have a nice week.

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  46. Oh wow, it truly is wonder in natural surroundings. I love wildflowers!
    Thank you for sharing these beauties.

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  47. So fantastic these red and black flowers, they look like small beings for me. Your pictures are so beautiful, thank you for sharing.
    Have a good week,
    Elfe

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  48. Arija, these are the most gorgepus flowers. I have never heard of them, and thank you very much for showing them.
    B♥

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  49. Fascinating flowers!
    I have never seen anything like that before.

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  50. Oh there, i realized i have still to scroll down for that amazing Sturt desert pea. very beautiful, and the rest of them too.

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  51. HI Arija,

    Your photos are awesome and lucky for you to have seen them with your own eyes and not just on photos and what more, you took incredible photos and them and here you are sharing it to us!

    Thanks so much!

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  52. They look amazing. I saw the flowers on "Today's Flowers" and just had to find out more about them :-)

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