Amaryllis play

I have been playing with the photos I took of the blooming amaryllis. This one was solarized and I like what happens with the areas of the petals that are more transparent. It makes the ruffly red edges pop. There may be more amaryllis experiments in the next few days!

A beautifiul sight

I woke up this morning to see my amaryllis bulb finally starting to bloom. It is a beautiful sight. It has ruffly leaves with a deep pink edge and light spotting on the petals.  There are 2 more blooms  still to open. It is going to get even more beautiful in a couple of days.

 

The end of the amaryllis

The amaryllis blossoms are coming to an end. Drooping and curling up. But for one week they were glorious!  On to a new subject tomorrow.

Amaryllis blossoms

A couple more photos of the amaryllis bulb in flower. I think it is such an amazing plant - all that energy packed into the bulb, the stalk grows so fast and then the flower bursts open into this stunning image.

Amaryllis flowering

Posting the tulip photo yesterday reminded me of photos I took last year while my amaryllis bulb came into flower and then withered and died. I will post the sequence over the next couple of days. Recording things like that really help you learn to look closely at what is happening around you.