Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Watching The Tobouchina Flowers Turn To Seeds.

I had earlier done a post about this Tobouchina plant and shared photos of its beautiful purple flowers. For the article and photos, you can click here. Today, I will be sharing photos on the different stages of the flowers changing to seeds.
 Lovely Purple Tobouchina flowers in my garden.
 Some of the flowers have withered.
The dried flower petals have dropped off....
 leaving behind the base of the flower (receptacle and the ovary).
 Waiting to see what will become of these.
This appears after a few days. This must be the seed.
More seeds appearing.
The black seeds have broke through the flower base.
On a closer look, this is how the seeds look like. It is segmented.
 As it matured, the segments are separated and dropped to the ground.
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My Pink Rain Lilies or Pink Fairy Lilies.
 After raining for a few days, my pink lilies are blooming. 
Even those sandwiched between flower pots and bricks are also blooming.
Even the White Lilies are competing with the Pink lilies to show off their beauty.

Linking to Floral Bliss.

Don't be concerned about the outward beauty that depends
on jewelry, or beautiful clothes, or hair arrangement.
Be beautiful inside, in your hearts, with the lasting charm
of a gentle and quiet spirit that is so precious to God.
That kind of deep beauty was seen in the saintly women of old,
who trusted God and fitted in with their husbands' plans.
(1 Peter 3:3-5, The Living Bible-TLB)

57 comments:

  1. ...the progression of life!

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  2. All very needful for the new life! Beautiful lilies!

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    1. Thank you, Christine. The marvelous cycle of life!

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  3. Nancy, I really like your little pink and white rain lilies...they look like scattered stars on the ground:) Are they grown from bulbs?

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    1. Thank you, Annie. Yes, they are grown from bulbs!

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  4. I enjoyed these photos very much Nancy. To see your Tobouchina Flowers turn to seed was an interesting process. Your lilies are also lovely, so pretty!

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  5. Dear Nancy, with your blog post I learnt how your Tobouchina Flowers turn to seed. It's really a very interesting evolutional process...
    Your garden is so awesome!

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  6. It's all lovely, you have the touch with plants.

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  7. Excellent post (as always)!Thank you very much :)

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  8. Love those pink lilies, you have so great flowers. Diane

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    1. Thank you, Diane. Some they bloom happily, some times they stay dormant.

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  9. Oh, Nancy, the seeds are even beautiful on the one plant. And I love the verses you chose to share.

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    1. Thank you, Rose. This plant got me curious about the seeds.

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  10. Nancy your post and photos are beautiful and also provide the yin/yang concept to me ~ of the life cycle the beauty in all the stages shown through the flowers ~ ^_^

    (A SHUTTERBUG EXPLORES)

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    1. Thank you, Carol. I am glad you enjoyed the photos. Have a nice day!

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  11. The flowers, leaves, and seeds of this plant are beautiful! I there there are no Tobouchina plants anywhere here, maybe not even in this country.

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    1. I see them mostly in the highlands. Have a happy day!

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  12. Very informative diary of the Toubochina plants. Your lilies are beautiful.

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  13. Love the white lilies and the pink lilies!

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  14. Pretty in pink Nancy! I love the tiny rain lilies! The look like our botanical tulips in the spring...

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  15. thanks for the photos. I didnot know seeds appear from flowers like this. Flowers are so pretty.

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    1. This is a very interesting plant. Have a good day!

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  16. Hello Nancy,:) I have one plant like this in our garden, it's also purple, but I believe it can also be white. Your lilies are so pretty.

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    1. Thank you, Breathtaking. I have not seen one yet. I will look out for the white one. Have a happy day!

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    1. Thank you, Libby. They are very pretty when in full bloom.

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  18. Wow! Interesting to see seeds bloom after flowering and first of its kind for me.

    Lovely lilies

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    1. Thank you, Jeevan. There is so much to learn from nature.

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  19. I love the tiny rain lilies! The look like our botanical tulips in the spring...


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  20. Son todas preciosas. Buena tarde.

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  21. wow !!! beautiful and so lovely,i really like all rose so much.Thank for sharing.

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