Bird of Paradise @ 2010 Bo Mackison
I photographed this unusual flower, or at least this unusually named flower. I guess to someone, this flower looked like a bird. In Paradise, no less.
Supposedly it does resemble the real bird of paradise, a tropical bird found in New Guinea. Hmm. Paradise?
Photographed at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison Wisconsin.
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It’s a very pretty flower! It didn’t get to choose its name.
It is a pretty flower. Wonder what it might have named itself? 🙂
I really like how this flower rises on its stalk… great perspective and the color and gorgeous.
Lovely flower and bokeh. It appears to just jump off the page.
Very Nice