12/08/202012/08/2020 by Archana

Amazing Ochna (Wordless Wednesday)

Its finally rained in Pune and my Ochna is welcoming it whole heartedly!

Here are its blooms .. used my phone-friendly macro lens after a long time!

Early morning!

Half an hour later

Close up

Amazing!

Yesterdays’s flower

Raindrops!

That is not a bud! Its a flower from a week ago.. the sepals of the pollinated flower, close and turn red and then bloom again after a few weeks! The yellow flower is now a red ‘flower’!

The red sepals open to reveal the seeds! The seed is green initially and turns black later. The entire flower show lasts for over a month! (This is an earlier photo)

I am sure you loved these flowers as much as I enjoyed sharing with you.

I am joining Natasha in her Wordless Wednesday blog hop.

8 Replies to “Amazing Ochna (Wordless Wednesday)”

Margy says:

13/08/2020 at 1:09 am

Beautiful, especially the closeups with the water droplets. – Margy

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1. Archana says:
  
  13/08/2020 at 4:11 pm
  
  Thank you so much! 🙂
  
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Priya says:

13/08/2020 at 8:21 pm

Wow! Beautifully captured, Archana. And, loved reading that bit about the sepal closing and blooming again 🙂

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1. Archana says:
  
  14/08/2020 at 9:00 am
  
  Happy to share Priya! Thank you! Have a great day!
  
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Natasha says:

18/08/2020 at 11:59 am

Dear Archana,

Absolutely lovely to see you on our #WordlessWednesday frame. 🙂

I’m not sure I have seen an Ocna blooms but I love the burst of yellow and red.

Thank you for joining.

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1. Archana says:
  
  27/08/2020 at 10:52 am
  
  Thanks Natasha! Have a great day 🙂
  
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Unishta says:

27/08/2020 at 1:30 pm

Loved your photographs. How do you manage such gorgeous ones on a phone?

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1. Archana says:
  
  28/08/2020 at 3:20 pm
  
  Thank you Sunita! I clip on a Macro lens on my phone for close up images. The rest is done by the flowers themselves!! 🙂
  
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