Author Topic: Shots of flowers (Read 10391 times)

h.chang · « **on:** November 22, 2014, 05:37:08 PM »

Close-up shots of flowers show fascinating details.

#1 . Hoya pubicalyx - the wax flower

#2. Hoya carnosa

Conscript · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2014, 06:07:53 PM »

Beautiful pictures !!

h.chang · « **Reply #2 on:** November 23, 2014, 09:29:01 AM »

More wax flowers

rainbowfix · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2014, 12:03:54 PM »

Very nice !!!

must have taken lots of time n effort to cultivate such nice flowers... or it's called orchids ? ....

h.chang · « **Reply #4 on:** November 23, 2014, 02:58:48 PM »

These are Hoya succulent plants or wax flowers, known in Chinese as 'chiew lan ' or ball orchid.

h.chang · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2014, 10:53:43 AM »

Close-up of Hoya carnosa.

Hoya kerrii - the Love Hoya ( leaves are heart shaped )

h.chang · « **Reply #6 on:** November 26, 2014, 10:07:53 AM »

Some flowers last only a few hours and are huge - This cactus flower is 10 inches wide.

Some have very small flowers . This cactus has 0.5 cm diameter flowers.

h.chang · « **Reply #7 on:** November 28, 2014, 07:53:19 AM »

Hoya flowers look like artificial flowers made of wax!

rainbowfix · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2014, 11:13:34 AM »

Marvellous..!!! Chang...

this might sounds silly.. but this is my first time seeing a cactus flower . ...very nice..

chrisyen · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2014, 06:27:33 AM »

Beautiful shots... That's real sharp!

Thnx for sharing!

This flower can grow in Msia?

h.chang · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2014, 12:02:02 PM »

Thank you rainbowfix and Chris. The Hoyas and cacti ( with the exception of the Euphobia obesa with very small flowers , which is in Melbourne ) are all growing in Selangor. I use a Canon 650 , Canon 450 with extension tube for macro and Lumix LX 5 to shoot the photoes. My wife takes care of the cacti and I look after the Hoyas ( wax fower ) and Bonsai. Cacti flowers only open for a few hours and only 1-2 times a year.
Thank you.

Epiphyllum oxypetallum ( Kheng Fah ) only flower at night and last only for 3 hours. One can literally watch the flower open over a period of 2 hours. Flash has t be used.

Epiphyllum phylanthus, another locally grown Epiphyllum.

harkensng · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2014, 12:55:40 PM »

Very lovely..

needs lots of patience to have such hobby. Great work!!

h.chang · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2014, 12:20:24 PM »

This Astrophytum flowering today.

This Astrophytum flowered 1 month after arriving from Australia.

h.chang · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2014, 02:49:01 PM »

Hoya carnosa 'rubra variegated' flowering today.

h.chang · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2014, 06:21:54 PM »

This odd flower has 4 petals!

h.chang · « **Reply #15 on:** December 12, 2014, 06:24:31 PM »

Sorry , posted wrong photo. This is the flower with 4 petals.

Enkidu · « **Reply #16 on:** December 13, 2014, 07:10:15 AM »

Beautiful chang....great shot!!

waterluc · « **Reply #17 on:** December 15, 2014, 04:18:59 AM »

really nice..

h.chang · « **Reply #18 on:** December 23, 2014, 09:44:03 AM »

Some cacti flowers are as wide as the body of the cactus.

The flowers look artificial , like plastic paper!

h.chang · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2015, 07:02:00 AM »

This cactus flowered on 1st Jan 2015.

h.chang · « **Reply #20 on:** January 14, 2015, 11:23:06 AM »

Hoya coriacea flowered 3 days ago.

h.chang · « **Reply #21 on:** January 20, 2015, 08:28:46 AM »

This Hoya carnosa ( chiew lan in mandarin ) grows well under the giant bouganvilla tree .

Bees love the flowers.

JeepWH · « **Reply #22 on:** January 20, 2015, 03:03:51 PM »

Nice shots.

Thanks for sharing, get to learn and recognize different types of flowers.

Great job & keep up the good work.

samtan · « **Reply #23 on:** March 28, 2015, 06:43:46 PM »

nice man, mind to let me know what model camera you using to shot?

chizuoka · « **Reply #24 on:** October 16, 2016, 04:45:08 PM »

Wow.. very nice photos... what macro lens do you use

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