The Flower Hour #39:  Orange you glad?

[Frank Sinatra]

Orange Day-Lily (Hemerocallis fulva)

[Sorry! Couldn’t resist.  Favourite childhood joke, bar none.]

Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum)
Also known as San Dune Wallflower and Prairie Rocket.
Devil’s Paintbrush (Pilosella aurantiaca)
Also known as Orange Hawkweed.
Garden Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)
Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
Orange Day-Lily (Hemerocallis fulva)

Thanks to Terri for our weekly glimpse at floral beauty – quite the loveliest weekly challenge of all, IMHO.  Please take a moment to view Terri’s post and admire her photographic skill — three spectacular macros — you’ll not be sorry, promise!  Here’s the link:

’Til next time, y’all…

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Comments

8 responses to “The Flower Hour #39:  Orange you glad?”

  1. Gorgeous florals in the happiest color, Pam! Orange just photographs so well! Love the “orange you glad” as well! 😆

    1. Thank you! xx

  2. Simply a gorgeous post, Pam. The orange color popped out in these beautiful images. That closing shot with the butterfly was perfect.

    1. Wow! Thank you for the lovely comment Egidio!

  3. Love these vibrant orange blooms and love the joke! I remember that one from my childhood!

    1. Thank you. The joke is very silly but I couldn’t resist! I was so sure today’s prompt would be GHI. 😀

  4. I love your orange flowers!

    1. Thank you very much. pp

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