The tiny flowers neatly arranged on pale blue stalks combine to form long plumes of delicate blue.
Known as the Blue squill, this member of the Hyacinth family is an indigenous South African plant formerly known as Scilla natalensis, but now renamed as Merwillia plumbea.
The rows look orderly in close-up, but from further back the orderliness translates into a lovely gracefulness.
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Posted by Carol
June 9, 2017 at 11:06 pm
Beautiful macro shot!
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June 10, 2017 at 4:42 am
Thank you Tina.
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June 9, 2017 at 6:06 pm
Love the close-up – such delicate beauty!
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June 9, 2017 at 8:40 pm
Thanks Eliza. The tiny flowers are delicate.
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June 9, 2017 at 3:04 pm
That is a particularly stunning picture.
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June 9, 2017 at 8:37 pm
Thanks so much Osyth.
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June 8, 2017 at 9:38 pm
Beautiful, Carol! Such a pretty blue.
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June 9, 2017 at 7:06 am
Thanks Pete. It is another of my favourites. Strangely, last spring none of the Scillas in our garden flowered. The first time this has happened.
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June 8, 2017 at 8:26 pm
Wow! Great contrasting photos.
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June 9, 2017 at 7:00 am
Thanks Margaret.
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