Gorgeous Blooms & Vivid Plumes

 #DailyFlowers

 

It's been an interesting week, most days were hyper-hyper, a couple were so slow the brain got bored. Methought it was time to create some nice posts, but then Shalini pipped me to goalpost with her lovely rhyme.   I was wrapping up the post when Shashi jumped in saying some pix were stuck in his drafts and he just realized. Okay, adding them in! But to start off, someone who got left behind last time! Sit back and relax, we have plenty of gorgeous blooms along with their vivid plumes!

 From a rare contributor does come
A bouquet of gorgeous hot pinks
Small, big, single, layered and then some
Each hue does of itself makes us deeply drink
To this Vivek adds Saffraan Crocus
Blooms that pull all our focus
Those colorful cylinders made my day
Wonder if they will come my way

Of course, then there was Shalini who visited lotus ponds:

Visiting the lotus pond,
This thought did dawn;
If #DailyFlowers wasn't there,
What would I do with flower pictures rare?
The group gets the beauty,
Admin takes as duty,
To collect the pictures divine,
And stitch them together with rhyme..
The blogger sought some off-time
But Vivek in turn declared that a crime
However, blue lotuses in their prime
From Imphal did in chime
Repartee for a time was laid to rest
As magnificent lotuses did their best

Another rare contributor says: There's been no grafting, and it's a single plant, growing from a single caudex

This Adenium  surprises Scharadaji  every year
Two colors on itself it does bear
Nature's largess takes a merry slant
Pink and white blooming on the same plant
Udayji his magic continues to bring
Pale yellows, muted oranges are the king
Rich blooms come to the fore
They keep us asking for more

Then there were lilies gorgeous
Playing a beautiful yellow chorus
Their carer they did with their blooms bless
She very kindly did allow me to feature this success

The Begonia weren't woebegone
A berry tree came jauntily along
In joined a bunch of flowers lively
A bunch of reds lit the whole up sprightly

Come winter, can Roses be far behind
With hues that only Nature can have designed
Day & night roses did also come to play
Udayji & Shalini added them to the display
A childhood friend did a lilac show
 Shashi brought rich crimsons into the flow
Bees on roses did also shine
A light red and pink fell in line

Whites rule and how
They lead the flowery show
Its flowers are a lovely white
But on the hand it paints an orange bright
Weddings and ceremonies it does grace
Mehndi flowers against the blue sky form a lovely brace

 

And, then there was Shalini's Red fairy (lal pari)
The space it graced was so merry
That Vivek did in have to join
Assistants for the fairy he did coin
Velvet reds did in sway
More blooms joined the play

Euphorbia was Vivek's chosen song
Chrysanthemums also came along
Country roses and the jal kumbhi in did prance
Huge bouquets too shared the dance

 Yellow and whites
Colors that eternally delight
Posed on trees, composed against a wall
These sparkling blooms stand stately & tall

Some of the blog regulars went a-missing
Taking a break they were perhaps reminiscing
They turned up today in full force
Blooms they brought in from many a source
Of course, Shashi made an entry late
Said he twitter drafts for his pix were the gate
Shalini did a flower wrongly call
Methinks Alamanda is now her be and all

My Co-Contributors

Freya S & Vivek; Shalini; Scharadaji & UdayBaxi; @Yasdul; UdayBaxi, Shalini, Vivek, Shashi & Rachna; Rachna, Shalini, Kakul, UdayBaxi, & HippyMallu; UdayBaxi, Rachna & Shashi; UdayBaxi (both frames); Vee, Shashi, HippyMallu, Deepak & Shalini