A beautiful flower that's very ornate and unusual. A macro shot reveals magenta ruffled petals and the inner portion fanning into the center of a cylinder like portion with stamen around the outer edge and a large orange pistol.

#FlowersonFriday
#FloralFriday
#Macromedia
#Opiumpoppy
#Bloommscrolling

"A 'Drama Queen', (Papaver somnifenum), opium poppy or breadseed poppy, from my friend's yard last summer. This species has medicinal properties."

📸 Rain Hayes
@rainhayes.bsky.social

An abundance of hydrangeas at the peak of their summer blossoms in bright crimson.

#Stunday
#bloommscrolling
#Hydrangeas
#smArtist
#ArtYear

Handmade art photography using traditional stone tools. NOT AI. All images and words are original unless otherwise noted.

Drunk on August Wine (2025)

📸🎨 Pat Ludwig
@avataristic.bsky.social

A beautiful vanilla colored flower with shades of gold as it is bathed in the sun...

#FlowersonFriday
#bloommscrolling
#naturephotography

@kujawiak.bsky.social

#STUNday
#bloommscrolling
#JBCflowers 🪷

And my favorite botanical photographer.. who deserves his own collage... again...🤗🪷🫶

@johnbcaddell.bsky.social

A flower vase filled with poppies, zinnias, snapdragons, and aster and a dahlia

Good morning friends. ✌️☕️ #bloommscrolling #gardening #photography