Virginia Dayflower

Gallery: FloraPosted June 6, 2012131 views9 comments

Virginia Dayflower - Commelina virginica (Spiderwort Family).
This is a new bloom, with the first of three blue petals on display. Early morning light.
F/14, 1/100th, ISO 400, 1D M3, Sigma 150mm + Kenko 1.4x & natural light.
Special thanx to David S. for help on the specific ID..

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by David Schwaegler on June 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM

Nice sharp photo Howard, and I love that pure blue. I'm not sure of your ID though. I agree it is in the Commelinaceae family, but looks more like some kind of Commelina (Dayflower). Tradescantia have three petals and usually long strap-like leaves. There are several dayflowers in Texas and I'm certainly no authority on Texas wildflowers, but my guess is Commelina erecta.

There are some images of the Tradescantia humilis here.

and a page on Commelina here.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 6, 2012 at 3:10 PM

Howard - I very much doubt that this is a Spiderwort. Looks more like a Dayflower to me.

I really like the DOF covering front to back adequately.

Wow !!..David and I cross posted.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 6, 2012 at 5:24 PM

Here's another that may help with positive ID. It normally has up to three petals in full bloom. One's missing here, they're very fragile..
The "gard-nerd" shot it off with his water hose

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 6, 2012 at 6:26 PM

Neat shots! I especially like the second one. I'm really attracted to the bright yellow against the dark blue.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 6, 2012 at 8:22 PM

Howard:
Not seen one of this before. Nice yellow and blue, supported by the dark bg. Like the drops in the repost even if missing one petal.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 7, 2012 at 2:12 AM

Howard, I like both images. I think I like the second one better because of the water drops and because it doesn't have "extra" (not extra to the plant, I know) leaves at the bottom.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 7, 2012 at 4:51 PM

An interesting and quite beautiful portrait of this great little flower. The second shot is even better me thinks.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 7, 2012 at 6:06 PM

A beautiful photo of a beautiful flower that I have never seen before. Thanks for sharing.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 7, 2012 at 11:30 PM

Completely smitten with this flower, I've never seen it before. I like both images, maybe the 2nd one a little more.

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